DIAMOND JUBILEE MEDALS
The coming Jubilee of their Majesties has recalled to many the notable jubilees of Queen Victoria's reign, and two specimens of medals issued at the time of the Diamond Jubilee in 1897 were brought to "The Evening Pos" office this morning. The first of these is a. large plaster medal; about'three inches across, made in the form of 3 plaque with the Queen's head displayed on one side, the other being plain These were issued to schoolchildren! and the one produced was received by Ruth Murray (now Mrs. D. Mason of Wellington) . . at,. the Port ChalmersSchool. The second medal: is a very neat diamond-shaped bronze medal struck for .issue, to. schoolchildren in Glasgow.' It bore on one side the Queen's head and appropriate lettering and on the other the arms of the City .of Glasgow, , The. medal in the possession of Mrs. Mason was given to her husband, who was attending school in Glasgow at the time of the Jubilee
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1935, Page 10
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163DIAMOND JUBILEE MEDALS Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1935, Page 10
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