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Coronation medal, George VI 1937
Awarded to Captain Archibald Frederick Cooper (1885-1975). Inscription. Obverse: Busts of their Majesties, crowned (left). Reverse: Royal cypher 'GRI'. Legend: 'GEORGE VI QUEEN ELIZABETH'. Inscription: 'CROWNED 12 MAY 1937'. Mounted on a bar with nine others.
Captain Archibald Frederick Cooper CBE, RN was born at Woolwich, the third son of Major Thomas Francis Cooper, Royal Artillery. He joined the civil branch of the Navy on 3 July 1885. During 1927-9 he was Secretary to the Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief West Indies during 1929-32 and to the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, 1932-5. He was appointed Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1935-46 and was on special service in Germany October to May 1937. He retired in 1946. He was a Trustee of the Society for Nautical Research for the last two decades of his life and supervised the finances of the society in exemplary fashion.
Captain Archibald Frederick Cooper CBE, RN was born at Woolwich, the third son of Major Thomas Francis Cooper, Royal Artillery. He joined the civil branch of the Navy on 3 July 1885. During 1927-9 he was Secretary to the Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief West Indies during 1929-32 and to the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, 1932-5. He was appointed Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1935-46 and was on special service in Germany October to May 1937. He retired in 1946. He was a Trustee of the Society for Nautical Research for the last two decades of his life and supervised the finances of the society in exemplary fashion.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1933 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Coronation medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Metcalfe, Percy |
| Events: | Coronation of King George VI, 1937 |
| Date made: | 1937 |
| People: | Cooper, Archibald Frederick |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 32 mm |
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