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Medal - King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

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The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V. It is a circular, silver medal, 32mm in diameter. The obverse features the conjoined effigies of King George V and Queen Mary, crowned and robed, facing left. The legend around the top edge reads "GEORGE • V • AND • QUEEN • MARY • MAY • VI • MCMXXXV". The reverse displays the Royal Cypher "GRI", surmounted by an Imperial Crown. At the left is the date "MAY 6 / 1910" in two lines, and at right the date: "MAY 6 / 1935". The border is ornate. The purple ribbon is 32mm wide, with three narrow stripes of dark blue, white, and dark blue at each edge. The medal was designed by Sir William Goscombe John.

Historical information

This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir by King George V to commemorate his Silver Jubilee. 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, 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 85,234 medals were awarded including 6,500 to Australians

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cwa-org-32-99-352

Inscriptions and markings

The medal was awarded unnamed.

Contextual Information

Multiple examples of this medal are retained either singly or in groups as an ongoing commemoration of the service of Western Australians. Medals are displayed in context throughout the Museum. All medals are identified, archivally stored and those not on display are accessible and viewable with prior notice. As with all Royal Commemorative medals, an issue was made to living Victoria Cross recipients.

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