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Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

Medal
1902 (made)
Artist/Maker
Frampton, George James (Sir) (medallist)
Place of origin
England (made)

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.


Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Portraits
Royalty
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleCoronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Medal, silver, Coronation of King Edward VII & Qeen Alexandra, by Sir George Frampton, English, 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.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 2.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'EDWARDVS * VII * REX * ET * IMP * ET * ALEXANDRA * REG * 1902 *' (obverse)
    Translation
    'Edward VII, King and Emperor and Alexandra, Queen, 1902'
  • 'IN COMMEMORATION OF / THE / CORONATION . OF . KING . EDWARD VII / AND / QUEEN . ALEXANDRA / 1902' (reverse)
Object history
Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1980.
Subjects depicted
Suns
Oak Tree
Lion
Harp
Edward VII
Alexandra (Princess, Later Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, and Empress of India, Consort of Edward VII)
Summary
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Collection of Coins, Medals, Medallions, Tokens, Dies, etc. in the Assay Office, Birmingham, cat. no. 449
  • 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
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.38-1980

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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