Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal

Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal
Golden Jubilee Medal in silver
Awarded by Queen Victoria
Eligibility Members of the Royal Family, Royal Household, officials, colonial and foreign representatives. Members of the naval, military and colonial contingents attending the Jubilee.
Awarded for Participation in Queen Victoria's golden jubilee
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Established 1887
Related Queen Victoria Police Jubilee Medal
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal

Golden Jubilee Medal Ribbon

The Golden Jubilee Medal was instituted in 1887 by Royal Warrant as a British decoration to be awarded to participants of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee celebrations.

Issue

The medal was awarded to those involved in the official celebrations of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, including members of the Royal Family, Royal Household and government officials, as well as Envoys, Foreign Ambassadors and Colonial Prime Ministers. Military recipients included selected officers, sailors and soldiers of the Royal Navy and Army, and the Indian and colonial contingents, that participated in jubilee activities, including the London parade and the Royal Review at Spithead, where the commander of each ship received the medal in silver.[1][2][3]

A Police Golden Jubilee Medal of a different design was awarded to members of the Metropolitan and City of London Police Forces on duty during the jubilee celebrations.[1][2]

Description

The Golden Jubilee Medal was struck to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. It measures 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in diameter. On the obverse Queen Victoria is depicted crowned and wearing a veil which falls over the back of the head and neck, with the text VICTORIA D.G. REGINA ET IMPERATRIX F.D.. The reverse bears the words IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA · 21 JUNE 1887 within a garland of roses, shamrock and thistles. The bust of Queen Victoria on obverse was designed by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm and the reverse wreath entwined with heraldic flowers designed by Clemens Emptmayer, who was recommended by Boehm.[1] The ribbon is garter blue with wide white stripes towards each edge.[1] When Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee was celebrated 10 years later, holders of the 1887 medal who qualified for the Diamond Jubilee Medal were awarded a bar inscribed '1897' to attach to the ribbon of their existing medal.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Howard N Cole. Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals. pp. 5 to 8. Published J. B. Hayward & Son, London. 1977.
  2. 1 2 Kenya Gazette. 14 Jul 1936. p. 688.
  3. ↑ "Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee". The Open University. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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