Queen Elizabeth II Coronation badge

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c. 1953

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Overview

Small tin badge with a sepia image of Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation.

Historical information

Elizabeth II was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on 21 April 1926, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, who became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the abdication of Edward VIII. She was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death 8 September 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states over the course of her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death. Her reign of over 70 years is the longest of any British monarch, the longest of any female monarch, and the second longest verified reign of any monarch of a sovereign state in history.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2024.92

Item type

Badges

Souvenirs

Material

Tin Alloy

Width

2.5000 cm

Themes

Social History

Inscriptions and markings

H.M QUEEN ELIZABETH II CORONATION GIFT FUND

Contextual Information

Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne, at the age of 25, on the death of her father King George VI on the 6th February 1952. Elizabeth was crowned as the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms on June 2nd 1953 at Westminster Abbey. Preparations for the coronation took over a year, it was the first British coronation to be fully televised when cameras were allowed inside the abbey for the first time and the event was estimated to have cost £1.57 million.

Keywords

Coronation Queen Elizabeth Ii

British Royal Family

Royal Souvenirs

Year

c. 1953

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Busselton Historical Society

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