Delhi Durbar Medal (1903)

Delhi Durbar Medal, 1903
Obverse and reverse of 1903 Durbar Medal
Awarded by United Kingdom and British Raj
Type Commemoration medal
Awarded for Participation in Durbar, or broader service to the Indian Empire
Statistics
Established 1903
Total awarded 140 gold and 2,567 silver medals

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Delhi Durbar Medals were instituted to by Great Britain to commemorate each Delhi Durbar where the new Emperor of India was proclaimed, in 1903 for Edward VII, and in 1911 for George V.[1] On both occasions the medals, one and a half inches in diameter, were awarded in both gold and silver and worn on the left chest suspended from a ribbon one and a quarter inches wide.[2]

Delhi Durbar Medal, 1903

Obverse: The crowned head of the king facing right wearing an ermine robe of State, with the Collar of the Garter, and Badge of the Order of the Bath. Below the bust a branch of laurel with, around the rim, the legend, EDWARD VII DELHI DURBAR 1903.
Reverse: Inset within a floral wreath of roses - a Persian inscription reading : By the Favour of the Lord of the Realm Edward, King, Emperor of India, 1901.[3][4][5]

140 gold medals were awarded to ruling chiefs and 2,567 in silver to other dignitaries, government officials and members of the armed forces,[6] who were actually involved in the celebrations.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Christopher McCreery (2012). Commemorative Medals of the Queen's Reign in Canada, 1952-2012. Dundurn. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-1-4597-0756-6.
  2. ↑ Howard N Cole. Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals. pp. 24 and 37. Published J. B. Hayward & Son, London. 1977.
  3. ↑ Awards of honour: the orders, decorations, medals, and awards of Great Britain & the Commonwealth, from Edward III to Elizabeth II. Arthur Jocelyn - 1956 pp:124,127
  4. ↑ British orders and awards: a description of all orders, decorations, long service, coronation, jubilee and commemoration medals, together with historical details concerning knighthood, service ranks and similar information by Lawrence L. Gordon, Kaye & Ward, 1968 pp:78-79
  5. ↑ Henry Taprell Dorling; Edward Earle Dorling (1918). Ribbons, Medals and Regimental Badges. G. Philip & Son. pp. 19, 40–41.
  6. ↑ Howard N Cole. Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals. p. 25. Published J. B. Hayward & Son, London. 1977.
  7. ↑ John W. Mussell, editor. Medal Yearbook 2015. p. 289. Published Token Publishing Limited, Honiton, Devon. 2015.
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