Medal - King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra Coronation

Reverse

Coat of arms of Craddock flanked by ostrich plumes with cornucopia crest and motto: "PERSEVERANTIA VINCIT". Legend above on a band with beaded borders inside and outside: "TO COMMEMORATE THEIR MAJESTIES CORONATION" and below between stops: "JUNE 26TH. 1902".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PERSEVERANTIA VINCIT
TO COMMEMORATE THEIR MAJESTIES CORONATION
JUNE 26TH. 1902

Engravers: H. Grueber, London

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Cradock is a town in, the then, Cape Colony, 290 northeast of Port Elizabeth. The town was found by Sir John Cradock after the Frontier War of 1812 as a stronghold to secure the eastern area of the Colony. In the early 1900s there was a boom in the demand for ostrich feathers leading to temporary prosperity.