- Object type
- Medals
- Medals and insignia
- Service Medal of the Order of St John
- Date
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Production: 2019
In use: 2020 -
Regulation: 2022 - - Medallist
- Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd.
- Associated organisation
- The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1999-present)
- Inscriptions
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obverse: VICTORIA+D+G+BRITT+REG+F+D+IND+IMP
reverse: THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM / FOR SERVICE
- Dimensions
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Height x width: 88 x 41mm
Diameter: 38mm - Materials and technique
- 9/10 gilding metal, plated in silver, struck, with a nylon ribbon
- Physical description
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A round, silver medal. The obverse depicts the effigy of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria derived from a bust carved by her daughter, The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll with a circumscription. The reverse depicts, between sprigs of St John’s Wort, five circles showing, the Imperial Crown, the Royal Arms, the Arms of The Prince of Wales who was the first Grand Prior under the Royal Charter of 1888, the Crest of that Prince of Wales and the Arms of the Order as they were immediately prior to 1926, with a circumscription.
The ribbon has three black and two white stripes of equal width.
The medal is suspended from a straight bar fixed suspension on an ornate foot fitting positioned at 12 0'clock. It is worn with the bright plated steel brooch with soldered joint and catch on the top reverse of the ribbon. - Production place
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Birmingham
England - Themes
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Royal Connections
The Service Medal of the Order of St John - Exhibition history
- By Royal Appointment, Museum of the Order of St John, 2019
- Credit line
- Transfer from St John International, 2019
- Catalogue number
- 2019.15.2
Service Medal of the Order of St John
The design of the obverse of the Service Medal has remained the same since it was instituted in 1899. In 2019 Queen Elizabeth II, Sovereign Head, and the Grand Prior approved an update of the inscription in English on the reverse of the medal to reflect the current structure of the Order, and the words ‘FOR SERVICE’ were added to indicate the nature of the award.
