Award - Edward VIII Royal Victorian Medal
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Edward VIII (1936)
|
| Type | Award medals › Civic awards |
| Year | 1936 |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Number | N# 566144 |
| References | Giordano# CM145 Joseph S. Giordano Jr.; 2009. Portraits of a Prince : Coins, Medals and Banknotes of Edward VIII. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Head of Edward VIII facing left
Script: Latin
Lettering:
EDWARDVS VIII BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP.
HP
Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget
Reverse
Royal monogram on shield surrounded by wreath, ribbons below
Script: Latin
Lettering:
E I R
ROYAL MEDAL
VICTORIAN
Engraver: William Henry James Blakemore
Edge
Plain
Mint
Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)Comments
Giordano gives diameter as 27mm, Royal Mint Museum as 29mm.
Only 4 examples known, two in the Royal Mint Museum, 2 awarded: (1) Horace Jack Crisp, valet to King Edward VIII, and (2) Guardsman David Evans, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, King's Orderly at York House, St. James' Palace.
Issued with a purple ribbon with yellow banding.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1936 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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