Medal - Edward VIII Abdication 1936 1937 front Medal - Edward VIII Abdication 1936 1937 back
Medal - Edward VIII Abdication 1936 1937 photo
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Medal - Edward VIII Abdication

1937 year
Aluminium 4.68 g 35.4 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Issuing entity
J.R. Gaunt & Son Birmingham
King
Edward VIII (1936)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1937
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
4.68 g
Diameter
35.4 mm
Thickness
2.1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#421080
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Lettering

Script: Latin

Lettering:
KING EDWARD VIII
BORN 1894
ASCENDED THRONE JAN 20TH 1936
ABDICATED DEC 10TH 1936
CREATED
DUKE OF WINDSOR
REMEMBERED BY THE NATION
FOR HIS LIFE OF
DEVOTION & SERVICE AS
PRINCE OF WALES

Edge

Plain

Comment

Not catalogued in Giordano or Whittlestone & Ewing in Aluminium.