| Coronation,
Durbar & Jubilee medals |
- These are medals that were
presented to certain Australians, VC winners, Aides-de Camp and
certain high ranking officers. They are celebration medals, awarded
for attending, as an invited guest a Royal Occasion.
- A Durbar is the ceremony that
certifies the Sovereign as Emperor of India. It is a sort of
coronation. The first word is the name of the city in which the
ceremony was performed. In the time that is of interest to us there
were 2 Durbars. 1903 and 1911.
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1897 identical to 1887. If you attended
both you got a "1897" bar for your original medal
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| Victoria
Jubilee 1887 & 1897 |
Edward
VII Coronation 1902 |
George
V Coronation 1911 |
Delhi
Durbar 1903
see note below
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Delhi Durbar 1911
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George
V Jubilee 1935, front & back |
George
VI Coronation 1937 |
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Victorian
medal for school children to celebrate Victory in WW2
Obverse –
Crowned conjoined busts of the King and Queen with the legend KING GEORGE
VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Reverse –
At the centre are the arms of the City of Melbourne, around which is the
legend VICTORY EUROPE – PACIFIC 1945 CITY OF MELBOURNE. |
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Coronation of Edward VIII medal.
This unofficial medal is 1¼" (32mm) in diameter, and in very good condition.
Although china/porcelain items commemorating the Coronation that never
took place are
relatively common, medals are very rare. This is probably because the
lead time for their production was much shorter than with china items,
and in most cases production was cancelled when the Coronation was
postponed until 1937. Edward abdicated in late 1936 and George VI took
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Medallions |
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| The
1788-1888 Centenary Medallion |
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| Federated
Australia medallion 1899 |
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| "Welcome
Home Australians" medallion. Return of troops from South Africa
1900 |
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State of Queensland
Medallion re Federation of Australia 1901 |
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| 1901-1951
50 years Commonwealth of Australia Medallion |
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| Queen
Victoria Jubilee medallion 1887 |
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| 150th
Anniversary Medallion 1788-1938 |
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