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On the 5th May 2023 the new King’s coronation medal was announced.

The Medal acts as a thank you gift from the nation to commemorate the Coronation for the people who will make the historic service happen.

Everyone actively contributing and supporting the Coronation on 6 May – including choristers, police officers, military personnel and St John Ambulance personnel – as well as those directly involved in the delivery of the Coronation are eligible.

It will also be given to serving frontline members of the police, fire, emergency services, prison services and armed forces that have completed five full calendar years of service. It is expected that more than 400,000 Coronation Medals will be issued.

The design features a double portrait of Their Majesties on the front and a version of the Royal Cypher, a laurel wreath and the date of the Coronation on the reverse.

The ribbon is made up of red, blue and white vertical stripes – the colours of the Union Flag and are made of nickel silver and plated in nickel.

It has been an extremely busy week and can now announce that we will start to produce ribbon bars and miniature sets with the coronation medal included.

Please keep an eye out in the shop as they will be published shortly

I am starting to Build the shop up now and make it as easy to use as possible.

If there is something you are looking for then please get in touch an I can add it for you.

https://manchestermedals.co.uk/shop/

With the announcement of the Platinum jubilee medal being issued next year I have secured miniature medals and ribbon for the beginning of the year.

For more information please contact me

Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

 

We have now moved to somewhere more suited for the business so we can offer more services for our customers. Please see our medal mounting services page for more details.

 

There is less than a month to go for this years remembrance day parade and we are starting to get really busy so to make sure you have your medals back in time for the big day please get in touch.

With more and more cheap and poor quality medals on the market. Manchester Medals only use Medal Office approved suppliers so all the replacement full size and miniature medals we supply are made in the UK by Licensed Manufacturers.

 

We have been extremely busy over the past 2 weeks and would like to say a big thank you to all our customers and sorry to all those we couldn’t help in time.

I hope everyone’s parades went well and its now time to start getting ready for next years events.

 

The government has set out the details of a new medal that will recognise the bravery and hard work of thousands of people who helped to tackle Ebola in West Africa.

The medal is expected to go to over 3,000 people who travelled from the UK to work in high risk areas to stop the spread of the disease.

This is the first time a medal has been created specifically to recognise those who have tackled a humanitarian crisis and is in recognition of the highly dangerous environment that workers were required to enter.

The medal has been designed by John Bergdahl, who has been an engraver for over 40 years and recently designed a new coin set to celebrate the birth of Prince George. Mr Bergdahl’s design was chosen following a competition run by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee. It shows a flame on a background depicting the Ebola virus – above this are the words “For Service” and below “Ebola Epidemic West Africa”.

The obverse bears a portrait of Her Majesty The Queen designed by Ian Rank-Broadley.

The medal will be awarded to military and civilian personnel who have been tackling Ebola on behalf of the UK in West Africa such as people from our armed forces, doctors and nurses from the NHS, laboratory specialists and members of the civil service and non-governmental organisations.

The first awards of the medal will be made as early as this summer and will be ongoing thereafter. The Prime Minister will also host a summer reception to congratulate in person some of the recipients.

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, said:

The Ebola outbreak was one of the most devastating epidemics of our generation but we managed to stop its spread thanks to the hard work of British people who travelled to West Africa.

As a result of their efforts, many lives were saved and the outbreak contained.

This medal is about paying tribute to those people. They put themselves at considerable personal risk and we owe them a debt of gratitude.

Manchester medals now has the ribbons in stock and can also supply the miniatures so if you would like more information then please contact us.

With all the events being held all over the UK calibrating armed forces day this weekend we hope everyone enjoys themselves