NEAR MINT RARE PRE WW1 BRITISH DELHI DURBAR MEDAL 1911 KING GEORGE V

Description

Offered is an original and near mint condition British Delhi Durbar 1911 Medal.

38mm wide circular silver medal on swivel loop suspension; the face with the crowned head and shoulders portraits of King George V and Queen Mary in coronation robes in relief, facing left within a floreate wreath; the reverse with a central circular panel inscribed ‘Delhi 1911’ in Persian script, circumscribed ‘The Durbar of George V, Emperor of India, Master of the British Lands’ in Persian script; the medal being un-named as issued on an original ribbon. The medal was awarded to some of the military present at the Delhi Durbar held in 1911 to mark the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary and also to others not present to recognise exemplary service.