© NOONANS
© NOONANS
Souvenir - Edward VII Coronation; Natal
1902 year| Silver | 11.4 g | 30 mm |
| Location | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Type | Personality medals › Coronation and election medals |
| Year | 1902 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 11.4 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#403566 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
EDWARD DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR REX F D
COLONY OF NATAL 26 JUNE 1902
Comment
Laidlaw:
These medals were issued to children attending Natal Government schools. This is the only known occasion where silver medals were issued to South African school children. The Natal Government believed that the financial outlay was a warranted celebration after the anxieties and deprivations of the Boer War.
The reverse design (with different legend) appears on the obverse of the earlier Pietermaritzburg Agricultural Society medal
