Bidspirit auction | UK 1953 Coronation Medal, Gilt

UK 1953 Coronation Medal, Gilt Metal - Commemorative coronation medal struck by John Pinches of London for the National Playing Fields Association. The obverse features a profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right. The reverse bears a central eight-line inscription: ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, flanked by four Tudor crowns. The maker's mark PINCHES LONDON is embossed at the base of the reverse. The medal is struck in a yellow gold-toned gilt metal and is housed in its original red textured-paper presentation box with a purple flocked lining.