The King Charles III Coronation Medal
Nominate a Chilliwack-Hope resident for the King Charles III Coronation Medal. Applications will be accepted August 6th, 2024, until November 1st, 2024.
A Canadian commemorative medal has been created to mark His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation on May 6, 2023. The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General is responsible for administering the King Charles III Coronation Medal program. The medal will be awarded to 30,000 deserving individuals. MP Mark Strahl has been allocated 20 medals to award to worthy Chilliwack-Hope constituents.
Description of the medal
The Canadian Heraldic Authority designed the medal, which was approved by The King. The medal is manufactured by the Royal Canadian Mint.
The Coronation Medal is the first Canadian honour to feature the Canadian Royal Crown approved by His Majesty The King, as part of its design.
The front side of the medal (obverse) features a crowned image of His Majesty King Charles III wearing coronation robes. Around the effigy appears the text, “CHARLES III DEI GRATIA REX” (Charles III, by the Grace of God, the King) and “CANADA.”
The reverse of the medal portrays the Royal Cypher (the monogram surmounted by the Canadian Royal Crown), over the sunburst design of the Canadian Coronation emblem.
The date of the Coronation is inscribed on the left side of the medal. “VIVAT REX,” meaning “long live The King,” is inscribed on the right side.
The medal is attached to a ribbon using an arrangement of dark blue, bright red and white, identical to the United Kingdom’s Coronation Medal ribbon.
MP Strahl will be accepting nominations for Chilliwack—Hope recipients of the King Charles III Coronation Medal from now until November 1, 2024, using the following criteria.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Made significant contributions to the country, a province, territory, region, or community, or made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada; and
- Been alive on May 6, 2023, the date His Majesty was crowned. Nominations can be made posthumously as long as the nominee was alive on that date.
- The Medal may only be awarded once.
- To be nominated through the office of MP Mark Strahl, the individual must live within the riding of Chilliwack-Hope.
Guidelines for the Selection of Nominees:
- Nominations should focus on the achievements of persons who have helped build the Canada of today.
- Nominees may be selected for:
- Their long service and good conduct as a volunteer or member of an organization.
- Having demonstrated high professionalism and/or outstanding achievement
- Performing a deed or activity that brings great credit to Canada.
- Through their achievements and sustained contributions, nominees will have distinguished themselves from others.
- The Medal is to be awarded to individuals only, not to groups or couples.
- Self-nominations will not be accepted.
- Recipient names will be published.
Nomination Process:
Nominators should ensure that their nominations meet the essential criteria (e.g., was alive as of May 6, 2023) and that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence nor have they been subject to an official sanction by an adjudicating body, professional association or other organization, or conducted themselves in a manner that constitutes a significant departure from generally recognized standards of public behaviour that may undermine the credibility, integrity, or relevance of the Canadian Honors System, or detract from the intent of the award.
Award Process:
Recipients of the medal will be invited to celebrate at a private award ceremony in early 2025 at which time the list of Chilliwack—Hope recipients will be made public.
To learn more about The King Charles III Coronation Medal visit King Charles III’s Coronation Medal – Canada.ca
If you have any questions, please reach out by email at mark.strahl@parl.gc.ca or by phone at (604) 847-9711.