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| Matlock District Council Coronation Medal, 1937 | ||||||||||||
| Matlock, Twentieth Century Photographs, Postcards, Engravings & Etchings | ||||||||||||
| Below is a medal that was struck in 1937 on behalf of Matlock Urban District Council[1] to commemorate the Coronation of the new King George VI[2] and his wife Queen Elizabeth[3]
H.M. King George VI.[2] H.M. Queen Elizabeth.[3] |
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To Commemorate the Coronation. May 12th 1937. Matlock Urban District Council. Chairman. L. G. Wildgoose[4] Aquae Salubritas Usu |
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 Matlock Miscellany: there is a coloured
image of Matlock's "arms". It is slightly different |
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Image provided by and © a private collector. Intended for personal use only. If you can provide more information please contact the webmistress [1] The actual size is 1½" (3.8cm) diameter, the medal weighs about the same as a crown and looks like the same as an old penny. [2] George VI became King following the Abdication of his brother Edward, later Duke of Windsor. George VI reigned until his death, at Sandringham, on 6th Feb 1952. [3] Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) died 30 March 2002, aged 101. She was formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The couple married in 1923 [4] Lubin George Wildgoose was Chairman of Matlock Urban District Council between 1932 and 1938. |
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