NAM.2024-01-7-1-1

King’s Coronation Medal 2023 Nickel plated, nickel silver medal with profiles of Queen Camilla and King Charles III on obverse, reverse has CIIIR cypher to centre surmounted by a Tudor crown with ‘5 MAY 2023’ below all within a open laurel wreath. Ribbon comprises narrow red, wide dark blue, narrow white, wide red, narrow white, wide dark blue, narrow red stripes and has a white metal pin fastening to the reverse. This Coronation Medal, donated by Buckingham Palace, was one of the first two thousand medals struck to be issued to the members of the Royal Household and London District, for those intimately involved on the day of the Coronation itself. They were manufactured from a separate contract from the 400,000 made for the Armed Forces and other entitled uniformed services. The medal was given by Lt Col (retd) Michael Vernon, Coldstream Guards, the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain’s office. This is the only medal that was never issued to anybody. It was kept back for the National Army Museum.

Coronation of King Charles III, 2023 (Ceremonial Events 2000-2099)