George V & Mary - 1935 Silver Jubilee, Richmond School Medal - UK

Country ** Exonumia ** (Souvenir Tokens - United Kingdom)
Type: Medal / Token
Year: 1935 
Mint: -
Mintage: -
Composition: Aluminium
Weight: 8.7 g
Diameter: 38 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Grade: MS/UNC (shock edge obverse)
Shape: Round with a loop
References: -

Commemorative issue:
Silver Jubilee of Reign of Their Majesties (1910-1935)

Obverse:
Conjoined busts crowned of King George and Queen Mary facing to right. Legends around and date at bottom. Engraver's initials on truncation of the King's bust.

Lettering:
KING.GEORGE.V.QUEEN.MARY.SILVER.JUBILEE.
.1910.1935.
RJR

Engraver: RJR

Reverse:
Schoolmaster in medieval dress, holding a book and a wand, in the center of an oval set with a wreath of flowering laurels. Legend around in Medieval Latin.

Lettering:
GRAMATICALIS.DENAE.REGINA.ELIZABETH✱SIGILLUM.COMUNE.LIBERAE.SCHOLAE.
BLACKBV
RNIA

Edge:
Plain

Comments:
In the Elizabethan Charter it was stated that Richmond Grammar School had the right to a "common seal for their businesses," and in 1566-67 a new seal for the school was introduced. The seal was still in existence in 1958.
The legend around the edge of the seal reads in Renaissance capitals:

SIGILLVM COMVNE LIBRE SCOLE BVRGENSIVM DE RICHMOND
SIGILLVM COMVNE translates as "the common seal", DE RICHMOND means "of Richmond", while LIBRE SCOLE BVRGENSIVM means "of the independent [free] school of the town".

The whole legend, in Elizabethan Latin, means in English "The common seal of the independent school of the town of Richmond".

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Collection : Exonumia