Design
The medal is a circular, cupronickel (British) or gold-plated, bronze (Canadian) medal with a thin raised edge and, on the obverse, an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. The Canadian version shows the effigy crowned with the George IV State Diadem and circumscribed by the words QUEEN OF CANADA • REINE DU CANADA, while the reverse features a stylized maple leaf with at the bottom and the years 1952 and 2002 on the left and right of the Royal Cypher and crown. The medal distributed in the rest of the Commonwealth shows the Queen, wearing St. Edward's Crown, circumscribed by the inscription ELIZABETH • II • DEI • GRA • REGINA • FID • DEF; on the reverse is the shield of Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom flanked by the years 1952 and 2002. The medal is worn suspended from a broad royal blue ribbon with red outer stripes and, at the centre, double white stripes with a red stripe between.
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