Great Britain: Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra / Shields of Great Britain and Colonies
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Form:
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Circular holed at 12 o’clock for a ring to a red-white-blue ribbon suspended from a safety pin
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By:
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Messrs. T. Pope & Co. (?) |
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Date:
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1902 |
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Ref:
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BHM: 3848; Laidlaw: 0808;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 38.7 mm | Copper-Bronze | 26.8 gm | $80 | | 32.6 mm | Aluminium | 10.2 gm | $10 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Conjoined heads of the King and Queen, he bareheaded, she diademed, right. Legend above: “EDWARD VII (ornament) QUEEN ALEXANDRA” and below between stops: “CROWNED 1902”.
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Reverse:
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Four shields in the form of a cross about the Star of India in the centre, bunches of laurel and oak alternate in the angles. From the top clockwise, the shields show the coats of arms of Great Britain (upright, crowned), Canada (rotated 90 degrees clockwise), Cape Colony (upside down) and Australia (rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise). At the foot: “RD NO 382121”
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Notes:
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