Great Britain: King George V & Queen Mary Coronation / Colonial Arms
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Form:
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Circular holed at 12 o’clock for a ring to a pressed brass brooch-bar: "CORONATION" in the form of a ribbon.
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By:
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Date:
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1911 |
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Ref:
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Laidlaw: 0936;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 32.3 mm | Aluminium | 5.1 gn (with brooch bar) | $8 |
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Edge:
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Plain
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Obverse:
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Within a beaded border, conjoined bareheaded busts, left, he in uniform, half laurel wreath below. Legend on a raised pebbled band: "KING GEORGE V & QUEEN MARY CROWNED 1911", triangular ornament between stops at the foot.
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Reverse:
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Four coats of arms arranged in a cross about the Star of India. From the top clockwise representing: Great Britain, Canada, South, Australia. Sprigs of laurel and oak alternating in the angles. Legend on a band above: "TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION" and below between stops: "JUNE 1911".
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Notes:
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The designer has taken a liberal interpretation of the coats of arms: South Africa by the coat of arms of the Cape Colony, Australia by the old coat of arms of South Australia and Canada by a mixture of symbols from provincial territories.
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