The King Charles III Coronation Medal is a

commemorative medal A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

created to mark the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May 2023.

United Kingdom

Design

The medals are made of nickel silver. The obverse features a crowned effigy of the

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and

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facing left. The reverse shows the Royal Cypher surmounted by the

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, a laurel wreath and the date of the coronation, 6 May 2023. They were designed by

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and produced by

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of Birmingham.

Eligibility

In the United Kingdom, those who received the medal were: Text was copied from this source, which is available under a
Open Government Licence v3.0
© Crown copyright. * Individuals who actively contributed to the official Coronation events in Westminster Abbey and processions, and other officially recognised ceremonial Coronation events. * Serving members of the Armed Forces who had completed five full calendar years of service on 6 May 2023 or participated in Armed Forces Coronation events during the course of 2023. * Frontline emergency personnel who had been in paid service, retained or in a voluntary capacity, dealing with emergencies as part of their conditions of service, and who had completed five full calendar years of service on 6 May 2023; * Publicly employed prison services personnel who had completed five full calendar years of service on 6 May 2023. * Living individual recipients of the

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or of the

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. More than 400,000 medals will be awarded.

Canada

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announced on 3 May 2023 that 30,000 coronation medals would be produced to honour Canadians who made significant contributions to the country, a province, territory, region, or community, or achieved abroad in a way that brought credit to Canada. The design of the Canadian medal has yet to be released.

References

{{Queen Camilla Coronation of Charles III and Camilla Civil awards and decorations of the United Kingdom Civil awards and decorations of Canada Awards established in 2023