Log In

Email:

Password:

visibility

Don't know your password?

Security Code:

Trust this computer

Log In with Facebook
Join - It's Free

Start My Family Tree Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree.

Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree.

King George VI Coronation Medal

« Back to Projects Dashboard

Project Tags

Related Projects

Canadian Portal

Top Surnames

Buchan, King, Massey and Ponsonby

view all

Profiles

Gov. Gen. Vincent Massey (1887 - 1967)
Vincent Massey PC CH CC CD FRSC(hon)[n 1] (February 20, 1887 – December 30, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Canadian Confederation.Mass...
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875 - 1940)
Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Cana...
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880 - 1956)
"Captain Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough PC GCMG (27 October 1880 – 10 March 1956) was a British businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 14th since Cana...
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874 - 1950)
Notes * Affiliation politique : libéral * Sources : Wikipedia ==Biography==William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the d...

About

edit
history

The King George VI Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal made to celebrate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and was established on May 12, 1937.

Issue

For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that United Kingdom authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and possessions. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the local government authority, who were free to decide who got a medal and why.

A total of 90,279 medals were issued, including

6,887 to Australians
10,089 to Canadians

Description

A circular, silver medal, 1.25 inches in diameter. Featured on the obverse are the conjoined effigies of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, crowned and robed, facing left. The rim is not raised on this medal and there is no legend.
The Royal Cypher GRI appears on the reverse, surmounted by a large crown, with the inscription CROWNED / 12 May 1937 below the Royal Cypher in tow lines. Around the rim of the medal is the inscription: GEORGE VI QVEEN ELIZABETH (a V in Queen rather than a U).
The garter-blue ribbon is 1.25 inches (32 mm) wide; with a narrow (0.25 inch) band consisting of three equal widths of white, red, and white, at each edge.