King George V Coronation Medal

Infobox Military Award
name=King George V Coronation Medal


caption= civil/military ribbon
awarded_by=United Kingdom
and Commonwealth
type= Medal
eligibility= Commonwealth citizens
for= participation in coronation, or community service
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clasps= None
established= 1911
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related=Silver Jubilee Medal


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The King George V Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal made in 1911 to celebrate the coronation of George V.

This coronation medal was the first to be issued to people who were not in attendance at the coronation. For this and subsequent Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that United Kingdom authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and possessions. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the local government authority, who were free to decide who got a medal and why.

The police version of the medal was awarded to police officers on duty in London on Coronation day.

A unknown number of medals were issued, including
* 286 to Australians

Description

* The silver medal is 32 millimetres in diameter. The medal's obverse side has a profile of King George V and his wife Queen Mary
* The reverse side has the crowned Royal Cypher above the date of the coronation.
* The ribbon is dark blue with two thin red stripes in its centre.
** The ribbon for the police version of the medal is red with three narrow blue stripes.

ee also

*King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

ources

* [http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-ribbons6.htm ODM of the United Kingdom - ribbon chart]
* [http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/coronation.htm Coronation medals]