Great Britain: Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary / Empire
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Form:
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Circular. Aluminium medal holed at 12 o’clock for a wire frame holding a red-white-blue ribbon
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By:
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Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Bradford |
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Date:
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1911 |
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Ref:
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AM2: 125; Laidlaw: 0312a;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 32,5 mm | Copper-Bronze | 12.3 gm | $30 | | 38.3 mm | Aluminium | 8.6 gm | $10 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Conjoined crowned busts of the King and Queen, left, he robed. Legend in Gothic script: “T.M. King George V. – and – Queen Mary (ornament)”. Signed on the truncation: "FATTORINI. / BRADFORD."
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Reverse:
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Britannia standing on left supporting oval British Union shield in right hand and with the other holding a trident resting across the top of the British Empire shield with lion behind lying on a plinth. The new arms of the Union of South Africa replace the arms of the Cape Colony on the Empire shield. Across above: “CORONATION” and above that, the British Royal coat of arms. On a ribbon on the right: “GOD SAVE THE KING”. In the exergue: “JUNE 1911”.
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Notes:
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Probably issued for sale in the colonies. Similar to two medals issued for sale in South Africa: Laidlaw 0312b for Dundee and Laidlaw 0312c for Ladysmith.
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