King Charles III Coronation Medal

The King Charles III Coronation Medal is a commemorative medal created to mark the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May 2023.

King Charles III
Coronation Medal
Reverse and obverse: United Kingdom version
TypeMedal
Presented byThe monarch of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom
Total10 (Australia)[note 1]
30,000 (Canada)
1 (New Zealand)[note 1]
400,000 (United Kingdom)
Ribbon bar (British version)
Precedence
Next (higher)Dependent on state
EquivalentDependent on state
Next (lower)Dependent on state

United Kingdom

Design

The medals are made of nickel silver. The obverse features a crowned effigy of the King and Queen facing left.

The reverse shows the Royal Cypher CIIIR surmounted by the Tudor Crown, a laurel wreath and the date of the coronation, 6 May 2023.

They were designed by Martin Jennings and produced by Worcestershire Medal Service of Birmingham.[1]

Eligibility

In the United Kingdom, those who received the medal were:[2]

  • Individuals who actively contributed to the official Coronation events in Westminster Abbey and processions, and other officially recognised ceremonial Coronation events.
  • Serving members of the Armed Forces who had completed five full calendar years of service on 6 May 2023 or participated in Armed Forces Coronation events during the course of 2023.
  • Frontline emergency personnel who had been in paid service, retained or in a voluntary capacity, dealing with emergencies as part of their conditions of service, and who had completed five full calendar years of service on 6 May 2023;
  • Publicly employed prison services personnel who had completed five full calendar years of service on 6 May 2023.
  • Living individual recipients of the George Cross or of the Victoria Cross.[2]

More than 400,000 medals will be awarded.[3]

Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on 3 May 2023 that 30,000 coronation medals would be produced to honour Canadians who made significant contributions to the country, a province, territory, region, or community, or achieved abroad in a way that brought credit to Canada. The design of the Canadian medal has yet to be released.[4][5]

Precedence in each realm

Notes
  1. Recipients of the Victoria Cross, George Cross, Cross of Valour.

References
  1. "The Coronation Medal 2023". Orders & Medals Research Society Journal. 62 (3): 201. September 2023. ISSN 1474-3353.
  2. "Coronation Medal to go to Armed Forces and frontline emergency service workers". GOV.UK. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
  3. "Frontline workers to receive Coronation medal". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. Prime Minister announces Canadian delegation to the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 3 May 2023, retrieved 3 May 2023
  5. Government of Canada, Celebrating His Majesty’s Coronation, Ling's Printer for Canada, retrieved 3 October 2023
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