Medal - George VI Royal Visit
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Features
| Location |
South Africa
 |
|---|---|
| King |
George VI (1936-1952)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Visit medals |
| Year | 1947 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 14 g |
| Diameter | 32.2 mm |
| Thickness | 2.4 mm |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 93584 |
| References | AM2# 282 Anna H. Smith; 1979. Commemorative Medals of South African Interest in the Africana Museum. Africana Museum, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. , W&E# 7882A Royal Commemorative Medals 1837-1977 (8 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Visit of George VI and Elizabeth
Obverse
Conjoined crowned busts of the King and Queen, left. Signed: “P.M.” on the base of the King’s shouder”. On a raised band around above: “ROYAL VISIT” and below between stops: “KONINKLIKE BESOEK”
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ROYAL VISIT
KONINKLIKE BESOEK
P.M.
Engraver: Percy Metcalfe
Reverse
South African coat of arms with the date: “1947” below. The mark of SA Mint: “S.A.M” to the right below. On a raised band around to the left: “UNIE VAN SUID-AFRIKA” and to the right between stops: “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”. The gold medal has the S.A.M mint mark stamped below the arms and 9ct; the silver S.A.M and 925.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNIE VAN SUID - AFRIKA
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
1947
Engravers: George Kruger Gray, Hennie C. Potgieter
Edge
Smooth with lug at the top
Mint
Pretoria, South Africa (1890-1902, 1923-1992)Comments
Circular. The bronze medal comes with and without an attached lug. The gold, silver and bronze medals come as a set of three inside a blue S.A. Mint case. Also the silver and bronze medals come as a set of two inside a shorter case.
The design of the conjoined busts on the obverse was by Percy Metcalfe and was first used on the 1937 coronation medal struck by the British Royal Mint. The reverse was designed by George Kruger Gray after a plaster model by Hennie Potgieter. The master dies were made at the Royal Mint in Britain and sent to the South African Mint which produced the medals and the cases.
George Kruger Gray was responsible for the design of the reverse of the South African coinage of the period.
Sets of three containing the gold medal are rare. Heritage Auctioneers report an unsubstantiated mintage of 50.
The design of the conjoined busts on the obverse was by Percy Metcalfe and was first used on the 1937 coronation medal struck by the British Royal Mint. The reverse was designed by George Kruger Gray after a plaster model by Hennie Potgieter. The master dies were made at the Royal Mint in Britain and sent to the South African Mint which produced the medals and the cases.
George Kruger Gray was responsible for the design of the reverse of the South African coinage of the period.
Sets of three containing the gold medal are rare. Heritage Auctioneers report an unsubstantiated mintage of 50.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1947 | 9ct Gold | 0% | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | Bronze | 16% | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | Bronze with lug | 74% | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | Silver | 5% | |||||||||||||
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