Item number: M270-2

Year: AD 1887 / 1897

Material: Gold

Size: 66.2 x 30.3 x 2.4 mm

Weight: 33.75 g

Provenance:

1. Liverpool Medals 2022

2. Noonans 2016

3. Spink 1990

This medal is the Gold Queen Victoria Double Jubilee Medal(Gold jubilee and diamond jubilee), awarded in AD 1887 and AD 1897 to commemorate the 50th and 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne.

The object is a circular gold medal featuring, on the obverse, a left-profile portrait of Queen Victoria wearing a diamond crown. Surrounding the portrait is an inscription in Latin reading “VICTORIA D.G. REGINA ET IMPERATRIX F.D.” The reverse side of the medal is inscribed with the English text “IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA · 21 JUNE 1887”. The edge of the medal is engraved with the title and name of the award recipient, “Countess Feodora Gleichen.”

The medal is attached to a blue ribbon with two white stripes as decoration and is tied in a bow, indicating that the recipient is female. The ribbon also features a clasp inscribed with “1897” and a crown above it.

The Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal in gold was awarded exclusively to members of the royal family and foreign nobility, while the silver version was given to military officers, cabinet members, and other similar ranks. Non-commissioned officers attending the ceremonial parade received the bronze version. Recipients of the 1887 Golden Jubilee Medal were awarded an additional clasp inscribed with “1897.”

The Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal awarded to mayors and municipal officials in various regions was designed in a unique diamond shape, with floral three-leaf patterns at each of the four corners. The obverse depicted an elderly Queen Victoria, while the reverse portrayed a younger Queen Victoria.

On March 14, AD 1897, the government announced in the official newspaper, “The London Gazette”, that Queen Victoria would continue the tradition of issuing jubilee medals first established ten years earlier for the Golden Jubilee, by issuing gold, silver, and bronze medals for the upcoming Diamond Jubilee in June. Queen Victoria was also the first British monarch to hold a Diamond Jubilee ceremony, a record that would not be surpassed until her great-granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

Since her accession in AD 1837, by the time of the Diamond Jubilee in AD 1897, Queen Victoria’s reign had established Britain as an unrivalled colonial power and a leader in new technologies. The Diamond Jubilee celebrations attracted significant domestic and international attention, marking the first British royal event captured by new technological advancements in imaging, making it a definitive representation of the Victorian era.

This medal was awarded to Lady Feodora Gleichen, Countess of Gleichen, in the year AD 1922. She was the daughter of Prince Victor, the nephew of Queen Victoria, and was a renowned sculptor. Lady Gleichen graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art, and upon completing her studies, she regularly held exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts. She established her own studio and undertook numerous royal commissions, creating large-scale decorative sculptures for public spaces, including the statue of Florence Nightingale at Derby Royal Infirmary and the bronze statue of Diana in Hyde Park, London. Her smaller decorative pieces also won her a bronze medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle.

物件編號: M270-2

年代: 公元 1887 / 1897 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 66.2 x 30.3 x 2.4 mm

重量: 33.75 g

來源:

1. 利物浦獎章 2022

2. 諾南斯 2016

3. 斯賓克拍賣行 1990

這枚獎章為公元1887和公元1897年頒發的維多利亞女王金質雙禧獎章(金禧和鑽禧)，以此紀念維多利亞女王即位50與60周年。

該物件的外型為一枚圓形金質獎章，正面為維多利亞女王面朝左側、頭戴鑽石皇冠的肖像，周圍的銘文刻有女王的拉丁名諱和頭銜「VICTORIA D.G. REGINA ET IMPERATRIX F.D」。獎章背面則刻有英文銘文「紀念維多利亞女王即位50周年 · 1887年6月21日」。獎章的側面刻有此枚獎章的獲獎者的頭銜和名諱「Countess Feodora Gleichen」(費奧多拉· 格萊興伯爵夫人)。

獎章綬帶為藍色， 在兩側各有一道白色條紋作裝飾，綬帶為蝴蝶結樣式，表明該獎章的配戴者為女性。綬帶上附有一枚刻有「1897」字樣的銘牌，上方有一頂皇冠。

金質的維多利亞女王鑽禧獎章僅授予皇室成員與外國貴族，銀質鑽禧獎章授予軍官、內閣成員和其他相似階級者，出席閱兵典禮的士官則是銅質鑽禧獎章。曾經獲得公元1887年金禧紀念獎章的授勳者，此次則能獲得刻有公元年份「1897」的銘條。

官方頒發給各地市長和自治市政官的維多利亞女王鑽禧獎章採特殊的菱形設計，菱形的四個角刻有三葉圖案的花紋，正面為年長的維多利亞女王肖像，背面則描繪了年輕的女王肖像。

公元1897年3月14日，政府當天在官方報紙《倫敦憲報》公告，維多利亞女王將沿襲十年前首次發行金禧紀念獎章，在6月即將登場的鑽禧，即登基一甲子的慶典上發行金、銀和銅質三種獎章。維多利亞女王也創下王室史上，首次舉辦鑽禧儀式的英國君主。該紀錄直到其曾孫女，伊莉莎白二世女王時期才被打破。

公元1837年繼位以來，到公元1897年舉辦鑽禧活動，維多利亞女王統治下的英國成為不可一世的殖民霸主和新技術的領航者。為此登基六十周年慶祝活動廣受海內外關注，也是首次以新科技影像紀錄的英國皇室活動，可以稱作維多利亞時代的最佳縮影。

此枚獎章的獲獎者為英國的費奧多拉· 格萊興伯爵夫人。她是維多利亞女王的姪子── 維克多王子的長女，也是一位知名的雕塑家。 格萊興伯爵夫人畢業於斯萊德美術學院，完成學業後，她定期在皇家藝術學院舉辦展覽，並建立個人的工作室，承接了許多項皇室的作品委託，為公共場所創作大型裝飾雕塑，包括德比郡皇家醫院的南丁格爾像、英國海德公園的黛安娜女神青銅像…等。她製作的小型裝飾品也在公元1900年的巴黎世界博覽會上贏得銅牌。