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Medal, commemorative   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Medal, commemorative
Object type Classification: 68489
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English: Coronation Medal, George VI, 1937 Replacement medal representing medal awarded to Hon. William Edward Barnard, CBE, MP silver circular medal, 31mm diameter, ring suspension obverse- conjoined effigies of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, crowned and robed, facing left reverse- Royal Cypher GRI appears on the reverse, surmounted by a large crown, with the inscription CROWNED - 12 May 1937 below the Royal Cypher in tow lines. Around the rim of the medal is the inscription- GEORGE VI QVEEN ELIZABETH ribbon- grosgrain ribbon, 34mm wide, garter-blue edged with a band of white, red, white.
Date George VI (1936 - 1952)-House of Windsor-English reign; 17 Jul 2001; 15 Aug 2001; (1937)
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diameter: 32mm
width: 32mm

height: 90mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2001.25.20.2
Place of creation Europe
Exhibition history Display: 5C 35
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.20.2 Brent Mackrell Collection
Notes Coronation Medal, George VI, 1937 Hon. William Edward Barnard, CBE MP William Edward (Bill) Barnard CBE (29 January 1886 – 12 March 1958) was a New Zealand politician. Barnard embarked with the 24th Reinforcements, Royal Army Medical Corps in April 1917 on the Moeraki, destined for Suez, Egypt. After serving for a time in Egypt, he transferred to Royal Field Artillery, Gunner 271978, serving in Palestine. Following the war, he returned to New Zealand and resumed practice as a lawyer. He became involved with young Labour in 1923, and was elected to the Labour Party's national executive in 1924. Admission as barrister of Supreme Court 29 July 1925. He was a Labour Member of Parliament for Napier from 1928 until 1943, and was its Speaker from 1936 till 1943. He undertook considerable work with various non-profit organisations, and he was awarded the Order of the Brilliant Star by the government of the Republic of China for services with the New Zealand Council for the Adoption of Chinese Refugee Children. In 1957, he was made a CBE. Barnard died in Auckland on 12 March 1958.
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