Medal - Edward VIII Daily Dispatch Birthday Club; silvered bronze
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Edward VIII (1936)
|
| Type | Membership medals |
| Year | 1936 |
| Composition | Silver plated tombac |
| Weight | 15.97 g |
| Diameter | 32.3 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 407748 |
| References | W&E# 6295A var. Royal Commemorative Medals 1837-1977 (8 volumes). Joseph S. Giordano Jr.; 2009. Portraits of a Prince : Coins, Medals and Banknotes of Edward VIII. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Daily Dispatch Birthday Club 1936
Obverse
Uniformed bust of King Edward VIII facing left
Script: Latin
Lettering: KING EDWARD VIII 1936
Reverse
Lettering within a quatrefoil with national flowers in the angles
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DAILY DISPATCH BIRTHDAY CLUB
FOUNDED
IN THE
ROYAL JUBILEE
YEAR • 1935
AND CONTINUED IN
THE REIGN OF
KING
EDWARD
VIII
Edge
Plain
Mint
Vaughtons, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1866-date)Comments
Whittlestone & Ewing suggest that this is made by Vaughtons, as the 1935 medal was.
Both W&E and Giordano call the plating nickel-plated, and W&E suggest core is brass.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1936 | |||||||||||||||
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