page_title: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: The Coronation Medal 1953 In Royal Mint card box of issue Rim impressed- Mount Everest Expedition
context_page_description: The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal is a commemorative medal instituted to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953.
context_section_description: The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal is a silver disk, 1.25 inches in diameter. The obverse features a crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, in a high-collared ermine cloak and wearing the collar of the Garter and Badge of the Bath. There is no raised rim and no legend.
  The reverse shows the Royal Cypher "EIIR", surmounted by a large crown. The legend around the edge reads "QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2nd JUNE 1953". The medal was designed by Cecil Thomas.
  The dark red ribbon is 1.25 inches (32 mm) wide, with ⁵⁄₆₄ inch (2 mm) wide white edges and two narrow dark blue stripes in the centre, each ⁵⁄₆₄ inch (2 mm) wide and ¹⁄₁₆ inch (1.6 mm) apart.
  Ladies who were awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, can wear it on their left shoulder with the ribbon tied in the form of a bow.
  The medals were issued unnamed, except for the 37 issued to the British Mount Everest Expedition.  These were engraved "MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION" on the rim.
caption: Medal with rim impressed: Mount Everest Expedition
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