Medal - Proposed Coronation of Edward VIII 1937 1937 front Medal - Proposed Coronation of Edward VIII 1937 1937 back
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Medal - Proposed Coronation of Edward VIII

1937 year
Aluminium 1.76 g 25.6 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Issuing entity
Arthur Fenwick
King
Edward VIII (1936)
Type
Personality medals › Coronation and election medals
Year
1937
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
1.76 g
Diameter
25.6 mm
Thickness
1.8 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#410727
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Crowned wreath of national flowers and shields of UK and Dominions surrounding lettering. Maker's info below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BIRTH 23 JUNE 1894
P. OF WALES. 13 JULY 1911
ACCESSION. 20 JAN 1936
CORONATION
12TH MAY 1937
MADE IN
ENGLAND

Edge

Plain

Comment

Not catalogued in Whittlestone & Ewing in Aluminium.

 

Also produced with suspension loop