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Medal, commemorative   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Percy Metcalfe
Title
Medal, commemorative
Object type Coronation/royalty
Classification: 68489
Description
English: Coronation Medal 1937 (GVI) Awarded to Major Francis Albert Aldridge, DSO (1907-1976) silver circular medal, ornate fixed ring suspension, with ribbon obverse- conjoined crowned busts of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth facing left reverse- royal cypher GRI with crown above and 'CROWNED - 12 MAY 1937' below, legend- GEORGE VI QVEEN ELIZABETH ribbon- grosgrain, 32mm wide, wide blue central stripe, narrow stripes of white, red, white on either side
Date George VI (1936 - 1952)-House of Windsor-English reign; 12 May 1937; 17 Jul 2001; 1937; 15 Aug 2001
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height: 90mm
height: 52mm
diameter: 33mm
width: 32mm

notes: medal and ribbon
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
2001.25.2.7
Place of creation Europe
Exhibition history Display: 5D 53
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.2.7 Brent Mackrell Collection
Notes Coronation Medal 1937 Major Francis Albert Aldridge Francis Albert Aldridge DSO (1907-1976) Military Service- pre-war- Territorials WW2- 14th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment in Africa and Italy Awards- DSO Official Citation for DSO- "Major Aldridge joined the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force on the 29th August, 1940, with the 14th New Zealand Anti-aircraft Regiment, and sailed as officer-in-charge of the 5th Artillery Reinforcements. "As Battery Captain of the 43rd Battery, which was under command of the 6th Brigade, he served throughout the Second Libyan Campaign in the gallant actions of Sidi Rezegh and Bel Hamed. Later Major Aldridge was appointed Battery Commander of the 42nd Battery and filled this position with great distinction until the end of the Tunisian Campaign in April, 1942, his Battery being credited with over a dozen planes shot down. "Again, in the Alamein offensive and the actions at Tripolitania and Tunisia, Major Aldridge's Battery gained further successes in the destruction of enemy planes and displayed efficiency and a high morale which reflected his own unassuming yet cheerful efficiency. "Major Aldridge also served with distinction in the Italian Campaign. In action, he was always cool and assiduous to duty."
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