Medal - MEDAL COLLECTION: FEDERAL PARLIAMENT MEDAL, 1901

Physical description

Object. Shield shaped medal of gilt metal with crown at the top with suspension ring attached. Opening of Federal Parliament. Obverse: Across the top ''OPENING OF THE FIRST FEDERAL PARLIAMENT''. Across the bottom: ''TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall may 1901''. Centre: Imprints of Their Royal Highnesses. Reverse: ''AUST COMMONWEALTH. ENT 1 MAY 1901 83D OF VICTORIA R1, FIRST PARLIAMENT OPENING MAY 1901, 1ST OF EDWARD V11. WA TAS NSW VIC SA QLD, Imprints of KING EDWARDV11 and QUEEN ALEXANDRA''.

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