Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

King George V Memorial Hospital for Mothers and Babies, Sydney, Australia, Medallion 1947, by Andor Meszaros, bronze, 64mm, the obverse featuring a women holding a baby in her right arm, the reverse with tree of life and inscribed ‘To H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth Mother of Prince Charles’, good very fine £200-£300

This example was probably intended to be awarded to H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth when she was due to visit Sydney as part of the Commonwealth Tour in 1952, which was cancelled prior to the Australian leg following the death of her father, H.M. King George VI and her accession to the throne as H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.