TO COMMEMORATE ROYAL VISIT TO CANADA.—The reverse and the obverse of the medallion which was struck in Canada to mark the visit of the King and Queen. Two and a-half million were distributed free to the school children of the Dominion. An appropriate inscription in Latin surrounds the map of Canada: "A Mari Usque ad Mare Regem et Reginam Canada Salutat”—“From Sea to Sea Canada Salutes Her King and Queen." Canada-mined silver and Canadian copper were used in the medallions. Those made of silver are about Ilin. in diameter.
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Northern Advocate, 15 July 1939, Page 10
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89TO COMMEMORATE ROYAL VISIT TO CANADA.—The reverse and the obverse of the medallion which was struck in Canada to mark the visit of the King and Queen. Two and a-half million were distributed free to the school children of the Dominion. An appropriate inscription in Latin surrounds the map of Canada: "A Mari Usque ad Mare Regem et Reginam Canada Salutat”—“From Sea to Sea Canada Salutes Her King and Queen." Canada-mined silver and Canadian copper were used in the medallions. Those made of silver are about 1lin. in diameter. Northern Advocate, 15 July 1939, Page 10
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