IDENTIFIERS
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id:	141588
accession number:	CM.1491-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Saturday 22 January 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The first coronation of a British monarch to be marked by the issue of a medal was King James I, but these pieces were not intended for wear. While coronations have since the eighteenth century given rise to a variety of private commemorative issues, the coronation medal as it is here understood goes back only to Queen Victoria's Silver Jubilee in 1887, when a medal was issued for wear by those involved in the ceremony, from the Earl Marshal of England down to the private soldiers in the parade. This was repeated by King Edward VII at his coronation in 1901, and became customary thereafter.
This medal is that issued in connection with the coronation of King George V in 1911, and was awarded to Captain T. M. Monk, whose medals are part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6. Its provenance is therefore considered with the others of that group. Monk was presumably among the soldiery who were allowed to march in the parade.
title:	Coronation Medal (George V)

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Lester Watson Collection
creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141588





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1911 - 1911
creation date earliest:	1911
creation date latest:	1911

CREATORS
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maker: London
maker: George V (1910-36)
maker: McKennal, Bertram, Sir
maker: GvR

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 32.4



CITATIONS
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Medal Yearbook 2001
British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)
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