Medal - Diamond Jubilee Queen Victoria (Chudleigh Bros, Queenstown) 1897 front Medal - Diamond Jubilee Queen Victoria (Chudleigh Bros, Queenstown) 1897 back
Medal - Diamond Jubilee Queen Victoria (Chudleigh Bros, Queenstown) 1897 photo

Medal - Diamond Jubilee Queen Victoria Chudleigh Bros, Queenstown

1897 year
(Silvered white metal) 20.3 g 38.5 mm
Description
Location
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa (pre-Union))
Queen
Victoria (1837-1901)
Type
Personality medals › Coronation and election medals
Year
1897
Composition
(Silvered white metal)
Weight
20.3 g
Diameter
38.5 mm
Shape
Round with a round hole
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#377197
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Lettering:
VICTORIA REG. ET IMP
BORN 1819
CROWNED 1838
MARRIED 1840
SIXTIETH YEAR
1897
PRESENTED BY
CHUDLEIGH BROS
DRAPERS & OUTFITTERS
QUEENSTOWN

Edge

Plain

Comment

Chudleigh Brothers were a company of drapers with stores in Queenstown and Johannesburg.

A Johannesburg version of this medal also exists and is recorded by Laidlaw as number 0697.