Description: CANADA 1867-1927 Confederation Jubilee 76mm Bronze Medal 160 grams with Case & Description Card BHM 4214 Edge: plain A thorough description of the medal was provided in The Canadian Numismatic Journal, July - August 2021 “Canada’s Diamond Jubilee Medal” by Barrie Renwick. "The obverse shows the official portrait of George V, by Bertram Mackennel, with the legend“Confederation Canada.” The reverse by Raymond Delamarre has a full-height female personification of Canada clad in a classical Ionic chiton, with a diaphanous stole over her left arm and it wafting as a circle, behind. She stands barefoot and facing, on a plinth dated 1867–1927; she’s in front of a map of Canada, with her arms spread to express Canada’s Motto in the legend above, while she looks east to the nation’s capital her hair billows in a breeze. Behind the plinth are sprays with heads of a cereal-grain, left, and maple leaves, right, symbols of the nation’s abundance. In the lower fields, names of Canada’s early explorers: east – Cartier; Champlain; and west – Cook; Vancouver. The design is in Art Deco, the style emerging at the time. The medals were struck in Ottawa. Six were made in gold, 125 in silver and 600 in tombac; the numbers six and six hundred allude to the years of nationhood. Each medal was in a fitted case and with a description card." In his article, The Official 1927 Canadian Diamond Jubilee Medals, Barrie wrote further about this medal - "National Committee chose Canadian Charles William Jefferys RCA, artist and educator, to distil its ideas into an acceptable design for the large medal. Jefferys combined the Committee’s thoughts that reflected the Mint Advisory’s opinions; he supplemented these with references to Canada’s founding nations, Great Britain and France, by proposing the obverse die to be a British design chosen by the Royal Mint London—George V’s effigy, and the reverse die— National’s ideas rendered by a French artist— to be a French design by Monnaie de Paris. Jefferys then travelled to Paris, selected the artist and arranged with the Paris Mint for the reverse die and its delivery to London for shipment with the Royal Mint’s obverse. In his 1928 Annual Report, Deputy Campbell, Ottawa, remarked that though London had warned the possibility of a problem-free technical outcome of the joint-mints’ work was unlikely, National Committee’s reaction had been serenely optimistic; still, his own trust in Jefferys’ having chosen renowned French medallist, Raymond Delamarre, and for having made good arrangements with the Paris Mint, had given Campbell faith that delays had now ended; but fate intervened. When the dies had arrived in Ottawa in July1928, an unforeseen urgent demand for coins erupted, overwhelming the Ottawa Mint, bumping medal production to a release well beyond the extended 1928 anniversary date, and nearly to the year’s end. Happily these recognized medals’ eventual arrival managed to overcome the disappointments of long waiting recipients." We have offered this medal on several occasions, but only twice with the case and this is the first time I have had the certificate for the medal. Inv.7677 PLEASE NOTE: that applicable taxes are collected by eBay, and that we ship only to Canada, United States, Great Britain, France and Germany. We do not ship to third party forwarding firms in any country. If your country is not in that list, please contact me in advance of bidding. For many countries not on that list we will ship via registered mail only. PACKAGING, HANDLING & SHIPPING: Regular Mail to Canada is $2.95, United States $5.95, United Kingdom, France, Germany $8.95 Registered Mail to Canada is $13.75, Tracked Mail to US $17.50, United Kingdom, France, Germany $23.95 NOTE: Orders (individual items or combined orders) totaling more than $100.00 must be sent via registered mail Postage is one flat rate whether you are the successful bidder on one item or multiple items. PAYMENT: Paypal. GUARANTEE: All material is returnable for a full refund if inaccurately or inadequately described.
Price: 775 CAD
Location: HALIFAX
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