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Country ** Exonumia ** (Medals - United Kingdom)
Type: Medal / Token
Year: 1912
Mint: Bristol
Mintage: unknown
Composition: Silver
Weight: 21.3 g
Diameter: 35 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Grade: XF
Shape: Round
References: -
Commemorative issue:
Medal for the Royal Visit to open the King Edward VII Memorial Infirmary, Bristol, 1912
Obverse:
Conjoint busts of King George V and Queen Mary to left;
Lettering: .GEORGIUS.V.REX.ET.IMP.ET.MARIA.REG.
Reverse:
lettering: ROYAL VISIT TO BRISTOL, 28 JUNE 1912 around central inscription: TO OPEN / THE KING EDWARD VII / MEMORIAL / INFIRMARY, with illustration of crown above word INFIRMARY.
Edge:
Plain
Comment:
The King Edward VII Memorial Infirmary at Bristol was opened by King George V and Queen Mary on 28 June 1912. It formed part of the Bristol Royal Infirmary founded in 1735, and was designed by Charles Holden and built at a cost of between 70,000 and 80,000 pounds. In addition to the commemorative medal a souvenir programme was published to mark the occasion, and the President and Committee of the Bristol Royal Infirmary presented an Address to the King, who with the Queen had agreed to become patrons of the Infirmary.
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Collection : Exonumia