King George V's Police Coronation Medal 1911. With 'St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps' reverse (Miss M. A. Rennie.)
Miss M. A. Rennie, was a member of the Scottish Women's First Aid Corps - with sections located across Scotland - that was an all-women unit of the St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps
Reference 'Medal Yearbook 2014' (Token Publishing, various editions) only an estimated 310 x medals with the St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps' reverse struck by the Royal Mint
Important: All medals awarded to women members of the St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps, were awarded exclusively for being present for duty at Edinburgh, Scotland, on the occasion of the Royal Visit to Scotland by King George V and Queen Mary, in, July 1911. The women's sections (total of 23 x sections) were drawn from 8 x different St. Andrew's Womens units as under:
- Rutherglen Section (1 x section)
- Scottish Women's First Aid Corps (8 x sections)
- Kirkcaldy Women's Nursing No. 1 Section (2 x sections)
- Newmains Ladie's Nursing Section (1 x section)
- Edinburgh Women's No. 1 Section (4 x sections)
- Eastern Women's Edinburgh Section (3 x sections)
- Edinburgh Southern Women's Section (3 x sections)
- Dunfermline Co-operative Women's Section (1 x section)
Note: The only units of the Scottish St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps present in London during the Coronation events of 22 June 1911, were 2 x all male sections (each of 5 x men) drawn from: 1st Inverness Station, Highland Railway & 2nd Eglinton Street Station, G. & S. W . Railway)
The original silk medal riband suspended from a white metal mounting bar that retains its hinged pin and clasp fittings, with customised double ring attached to the original suspension, and as worn by the recipient,
A rare issue to find on the market, named to a Scottish female recipient
Condition: About GVF
Code: 22982