Great Britain: King Edward VIII Coronation / Shields of the Dominions
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Form:
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Circular. Smaller medals with attached loop
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By:
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Arthur Fenwick / A.B. Sale Ltd., Birmingham |
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Date:
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1937 |
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Ref:
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BHM: 4304; Laidlaw: 0374;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 38.5 mm | Matt Silver | 26.5 gm | $110 | | 39 mm | Gilded Bronze | 29,1 gm | $45 | | 25.8 mm | Gilded Bronze | 6.7 gm | $15 | | 25.7 mm | Alumuinium | 2.2 gm | $8 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Crowned and robed bust of Edward VIII, right. Legend: “H.M. EDWARD VIII, KING AND EMPEROR.”.
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Reverse:
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Within a wreath of national flowers of Great Britain and Dominions of the Empire superimposed with the shields of Great Britain, Canada, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, across: “BIRTH. 23.6.1894 / P. OF WALES. 13.7.1911 / ACCESSION. 20.1.1936 / CORONATION / 12TH MAY 1937”. At the foot of the smaller medal: “MADE IN / ENGLAND”.
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Notes:
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This silver medal comes in a green case marked: "H.B. SALE LTD. MEDALLISTS, BIRMINGHAM" on the outside of the lid.
Made in a variety of metals (silver, gilded bronze, bronze and aluminium) and sized (52,39,32 and 26 mm).
King Edward VIII (1894-1972) was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary. Edward became king when his father died in early 1936. He abdicated in December of that year in favour of marriage to the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. The coronation commemorated on this medal never took place. His younger brother was crowned King George VI later in 1937.
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