VINTAGE PRE WW2 KING GEORGE V SILVER JUBILEE MEDAL 1935

31mm wide circular silver medal with scroll and laterally-pierced ball suspension; the face with the half-length crowned figures in relief of King George V and Queen Mary in state robes, facing left, circumscribed ‘GEORGE • V • AND • QUEEN • MARY • MAY •VI • MCMXXXV’; the reverse with the crowned cipher of King and Emperor George VI, the dates ‘MAY 1910’ and ‘MAY 1935’ to left and right respectively; on the correct ribbon.

The medal was instituted to mark the Silver Jubilee of King George V. It was designed by Sir William Goscombe John, R.A. (1860-1952) and awarded to distinguished persons throughout the Empire. A good example.