SA Union: Opening of First Parliament, George V & Queen Mary
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Form:
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Circular. Sometimes pierced for suspension. The ribbon is corded blue with a gilded bar from which the medal is attached through a ring.
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By:
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The Goldsmiths’ Alliance, Johannesburg |
Date:
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1910 |
Ref:
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AM2: 121; Laidlaw: 0118;
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Variations:
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Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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38.0 mm | Gilded White Metal | 16.2 gm | $30 | 38.0 mm | White Metal | 15.5 gm | $30 |
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Edge:
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Plain
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Obverse:
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Conjoined bareheaded busts of King George V and Queen Mary, left. Half laurel on the right. Legend on the left: “KING GEORGE V. AND / QUEEN MARY”
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Reverse:
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Surrounded by four rectangular shields, across: “1910”. The shields show the coats of arms of the territories forming the Union: Transvaal (top), the Orange Free State (right), the Colony of Natal (bottom) and the Cape Colony (left). In an arc above: “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA” and below a wreath of the national flowers of the United Kingdom. Legend on a raised band: “. THE . OPENING . OF . THE . FIRST . PARLIAMENT . OF . THE .”
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Notes:
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The arms of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State are the British colonial arms which had been modified from the original arms when they were republics.
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