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Miniature circular silver medal on ornate scroll and laterally-pierced ball suspension; the face with the head and shoulders portraits of King George VI and, beyond, Queen Elizabeth, both facing left, crowned and in coronation robes; the reverse with the crowned cipher of King and Emperor George VI centrally above the inscription ‘CROWNED / 12 MAY 1937’, circumscribed ‘GEORGE VI QUEEN ELIZABETH’; diameter 17.84mm (0.7 inch); age-toned; on original ribbon, the face age-faded. The medal was issued to mark the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937 and was the personal gift of the sovereign to members and servants of the Royal Household and to members of the armed forces, governments and elected holders of office throughout the Empire and Dominions. The miniature is not often found. A good original example.
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