MEDAL: CORONATION OF KING GEORGE VI, AWARDED FOR SERVICE TO ARTHUR ARCUS

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1937

Overview

Coronation Medal of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth awarded for 45 years' service with WA Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Circular silver medal, 32mm in diameter. Featured on the obverse are embossed heads of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, crowned, robed and facing left. The Royal Cypher 'GRI' appears on the reverse, surmounted by a large crown, with the inscription 'George VI and Queen Elizabeth crowned 12 May, 1937'.
The garter-blue ribbon is 32 mm wide, with a 3 millimetres wide white band, a 2½ millimetres wide red band and a 1½ millimetres wide white band, repeated in reverse order and separated by an 18 millimetres wide garter-blue band. The medal was designed by Percy Metcalfe

Historical information

The King George VI Coronation Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir of King George VI's coronation. It was awarded to the Royal Family and selected officers of state, officials and servants of the Royal Household, ministers, government officials, mayors, public servants, local government officials, and members of the navy, army, air force and police in Britain, her colonies and Dominions.
For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that United Kingdom authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and possessions. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the local government authority, who were free to decide who would be awarded a medal and why. A total of 90,279 medals were awarded including:6,887 to Australians

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.1597.2

Item type

Objects

Keywords

NUMISMATICS

Subiaco Volunteer Fire Brigade

Photographed 2023

Year

1937

Statement of significance