The King Edward VII Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal issued in 1902 to commemorate the coronation

Coronation

A coronation is a ceremony marking the formal investiture of a monarch and/or their consort with regal power, usually involving the placement of a crown upon their head and the presentation of other items of regalia...

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Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...

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Issue

The medal was only awarded to people who attended the coronation, or participated in the coronation parade. It was issued in silver to members of the Royal family, foreign dignitaries, senior government officials and service officers involved in the coronation parade. Selected NCOs and other ranks involved in the coronation parade received the medal in bronze.

A unknown total number of medals were issued, including

• 138 bronze and 8 silver to Australians

Description

• The medal is 42 millimetres in height and 30 millimetres wide.
• The medal's obverse side has a profile of King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra
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• The reverse side has the date of the coronation ceremony (26 June 1902) below the Royal Cypher
  Royal Cypher
  In modern heraldry, a royal cypher is a monogram-like device of a country's reigning sovereign, typically consisting of the initials of the monarch's name and title, sometimes interwoven and often surmounted by a crown. In the case where such a cypher is used by an emperor or empress, it is called...
  
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• The military version of the ribbon is dark blue with one central red stripe with white edges on either side.
• The civil version of the ribbon is dark blue with red edges and narrow white central stripe.
• The police version of the ribbon red with a narrow blue central stripe.
• It was designed by Emil Fuchs..