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Subiaco Museum > Records

PLATE: CORONATION, QUEEN ELIZABETH II, 1953

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ALFRED MEAKIN ENGLAND

1953

Overview

Slight scalloped rim bordered with three impressed ridges and gold leaf pinstripe. Central design features sepia portrait of Queen Elizabeth's face surrounded by British and Royal Standards with the caption "LONG MAY SHE REIGN OVER US / CORONATION OF H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II". Surrounding the central design - at the four points of the compass are small crossed flags and the caption "CROWNED JUNE 2ND 1953".

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.1251

Item type

Inscriptions and markings

ALFRED MEAKIN ENGLAND

Keywords

Do All The Things!

WINDSOR, Queen Elizabeth II

Year

Statement of significance

historical importance - item commemorates the Royal Visit in 1953.

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