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1902, Great Britain, Edward VII. Small Silver Coronation Medal w. Old Envelope!

Mint Year: 1902 Medallist: G. W. de Saulles References: BHM 3737, Eimer 1871. Denomination: Medal - Coronation of Edward VII & Alexandra Condition: A nice AU-UNC with original (over 100 years old) paper envelope of issue! Composition: Silver Diameter: 31mm Weight: 12.8gm

Obverse: Crowned and mantled bust of Edward right, laurel branch to left. Legend: EDWARD VII CROWNED 9 · AUGUST 1902

Reverse: Crowned, veiled, and mantled bust of Alexandra right. Flowers to left. Legend: ALEXANDRA QUEEN CONSORT · / 9 · AUG · 1902 (on banner below)

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V.

Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince of Wales and was heir apparent to the throne for longer than anyone else in history. During the long widowhood of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from political power and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite.

The Edwardian period, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including powered flight and the rise of socialism and the Labour movement. Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet, the reform of the Army Medical Services, and the reorganisation of the British army after the Second Boer War. His work in fostering good relations between Great Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", was unable to prevent the outbreak of World War I in 1914.