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Row over bid to limit Coronation medals: King Charles 'furious' that some members of the Armed Forces and police may miss out on commemorative honours…. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-12003257/amp/Row-bid-limit-Coronation-medals-King-Charles-furious-miss-out.html (*It’s Daily Mail granted…..)

Rumour has it that the ribbon has now been confirmed, and limited lengths of it, have been released to selected tailors?

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-65113207

My thoughts exactly!!!! I understand that this BEM was presented to an old boy, for services to charity. Something along those lines anyway? It was presented to him a few weeks ago now, by all accounts. So with a bit of luck we’ll start seeing more over the coming weeks. Will be interesting to see if the KPM and LSGC’s will start to be issued in time for them to be worn on Coronation day.

First C111R medal 👍👍👍 Could LSGC’s be on there way?

The relief is palatable, glad to hear this has finally been confirmed!!! https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/17/king-charles-camilla-coronation-quiche-signature-dish

Appears, they’ll be at least 6000, assuming all those present, are to be awarded one? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/charles-iii-ap-british-london-harry-b2320602.html?amp

Re Coronation Medal, I suspect this will include an effigy of the new Queen. With regards to LSGC’s, it will be interesting to see, if all now bear a crowned or uncrowned effigy? Perhaps the plan all along has been to wait until the crowned effigy has confirmed/released, before any new medals were struck? This would certainly account for the current delay?

Would be interested to learn, what happened in 1931, that led to the change from crowned to uncrowned effigy? Also why ever since Special medals have been uncrowned? Can we also expect to see the same uncrowned effigy on the next generation of SCLSM’s?

As the eternal wait goes on, conjuncture and speculation about when any new medals with the Kings effigy on will appear, abound. Talk of existing stocks to be exhausted first , before new ones will be minted. The Royal Mint not taking any new orders. One could be forgiven, for thinking it’s all part of a great master plan…. Will the new medals have a crowned or uncrowned effigy? Could we in fact see both, depending on which service the recipient is from, as with previous LSGC’s? Could we see recipients between 8th Sept and 6th May uncrowned, and crowned there after??

Government 'considering options' for coronation medal….. https://www.forces.net/royals/government-considering-options-coronation-medal

Thought this might be of interest? Next generation of King Charles coins by the Royal Mint, bearing a crowned effigy.

No design or ribbon has yet surfaced re this new medal, but the criteria certainly makes interesting reading. In particular section 15 ( in relation to the Elizabeth Cross).. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1147254/Nuclear_Test_Medal_-_Eligibility_Criteria.docx No order of wear included, in the criteria. But section 15 suggests that it may not in fact be a medal that will be worn alongside other campaign medals, etc?

This has certainly been mooted about. But how true it is, I cannot say. But what is apparent, is that this certainly isn’t the case with regards, to the military which are set to rebadge next month. https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/03/his-majesty-the-kings-coronation-heralds-new-era-for-british-army-cap-badges/

Nottinghamshire are certainly, blazing a trail!

Thanks Megan 👍. Will be interesting to see whether the RVM’s bear the late Queen’s effigy and cypher, or the King’s.

Thought this might be of interest? https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/03/honours-list-on-the-demise-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii/

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, seem to have opted for a more simpler design.

Not sure of any other U.K. forces, but Canada appear to have started to introduce new badges as well.

New cypher for Nottinghamshire Constabulary.

Oh dear Lord, I hope not 😱. The only change to the naming of police medals, would be to include the force they served with. Really can’t understand why this hasn’t been in place since day one, if I’m honest.

The story goes, that this medal was issued in the 1950’s, the recipient was a female uniformed officer, who was attached to C.I.D, in an admin role.

Some interesting LSGC’s engraved with the prefix Detective. The first is to a MDP senior officer issued in the 1990’s. The second is to a DC issued in 2016. The last to a female Officer who was attached to CID in the Met during the 1950’s.

My understanding, was that any “stocks” of police LSGC’s held were limited, and surely exhausted by now? This article however, may go someway to explain the delays in the production of any new medals. I appreciate that it’s a few months old now, and doesn’t explain why the production of coins by the Royal Mint was so prompt and apparently straight forward. But it is still worth a read. https://amp.9news.com.au/article/fe9e5791-1ea6-418d-a5ce-108f26760444