This medal was issued to commemorate the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and was made by Sir George J. Frampton (1860-1928) for the Mint, Birmingham Ltd., in 1902.
Physical description
Obverse: Edward VII and Alexandra co-joined to left. Inscribed.
Reverse: Crown on rising sun, an oak tree on either side holds a Scottish lion on the tree to left, Irish harp on right. Inscribed.
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
1902 (made)
Artist/maker
George James Frampton, born 1860 - died 1928 (medallist)
Materials and Techniques
Silver
Marks and inscriptions
'EDWARDVS * VII * REX * ET * IMP * ET * ALEXANDRA * REG * 1902 *' 'Edward VII, King and Emperor and Alexandra, Queen, 1902'
'IN COMMEMORATION OF / THE / CORONATION . OF . KING . EDWARD VII / AND / QUEEN . ALEXANDRA / 1902'
Dimensions
Diameter: 2.5 cm
Object history note
Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1980.
Descriptive line
Medal, silver, Coronation of King Edward VII & Qeen Alexandra, by Sir George Frampton, English, 1902
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Catalogue of the Collection of Coins, Medals, Medallions, Tokens, Dies, etc. in the Assay Office, Birmingham, cat. no. 449
version
Fearon, D., Spink's Catalogue of British Commemorative Medals 1558 to the present day, Exeter, 1984, p. 82, no. 353.3
Brown, Lawrence. British Historical Medals 1760-1960, Vol III, The Accession of Edward VII to 1960, London, 1995, cat. no. 3767, p. 21
Subjects depicted
Lion; Sun; Harp; Oak tree; Princess Alexandra of Denmark; Edward (VII, King of England)
Categories
Portraits; Royalty; Sculpture; Coins & Medals
Collection code
SCP
