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Pair of 1897 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Sterling Silver Medallions, 2pcs
Pair of 1897 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Sterling Silver Medallions, 2pcs
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Pair of 1897 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Sterling Silver Medallions, 2pcs
In 1897, Queen Victoria became the first monarch in British history to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee -- that is, the 60th anniversary of accession. The occasion was marked across the British Empire with a two-day festival that saw partying in the streets of London, supplied with free alcohol and tobacco. A lavish parade included the Queen and her immediate family, as well as eleven colonial prime ministers, including Wilfrid Laurier of Canada. To top the celebrations off, Victoria telegraphed all of the nations in the Empire: "From my heart I thank my beloved people. May God bless them."
As we would see again 115 years later at the Diamond Jubilee of Victoria's great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II, these sorts of royal events produce oodles of merchandise. Commemorative cups, plates, boxes, ornaments, flags, stamps, and all manner of other doodads were snapped up by excited Victorians, and among them were these silver medallions. Featuring two busts -- the young queen and the mature queen -- these medallions were pocket-sized souvenirs of a British first. The Latin inscription reads, Longitudo dierum in dextera eius et in sinistra gloria, which comes from Proverbs 3:16 and translates, "The length of days is in her right hand, and in her left, glory."
In 1897, Queen Victoria became the first monarch in British history to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee -- that is, the 60th anniversary of accession. The occasion was marked across the British Empire with a two-day festival that saw partying in the streets of London, supplied with free alcohol and tobacco. A lavish parade included the Queen and her immediate family, as well as eleven colonial prime ministers, including Wilfrid Laurier of Canada. To top the celebrations off, Victoria telegraphed all of the nations in the Empire: "From my heart I thank my beloved people. May God bless them."
As we would see again 115 years later at the Diamond Jubilee of Victoria's great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II, these sorts of royal events produce oodles of merchandise. Commemorative cups, plates, boxes, ornaments, flags, stamps, and all manner of other doodads were snapped up by excited Victorians, and among them were these silver medallions. Featuring two busts -- the young queen and the mature queen -- these medallions were pocket-sized souvenirs of a British first. The Latin inscription reads, Longitudo dierum in dextera eius et in sinistra gloria, which comes from Proverbs 3:16 and translates, "The length of days is in her right hand, and in her left, glory."
