Medal - Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to South Africa

Medal - Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to South Africa - obverseMedal - Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to South Africa - reverse

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Features

Location South Africa
King George VI (1936-1952)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Year 1947
Composition Bronze
Weight 14 g
Diameter 32.2 mm
Thickness 2.4 mm
Shape Round with a loop
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
93584

Commemorative issue

Royal visit to South Africa in 1947

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 (Royal Mint)

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: G. Kruger Gray, Hennie Potgieter (SA Mint)

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.


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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1947  0% 9ct Gold
1947  16% Bronze
1947  76% Bronze with lug
1947  4% Silver

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