Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal or The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal is a medal created to mark the seventieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms in 2022. The medal will be awarded to people who work in public service, including the Armed Forces, the emergency services, and the prison services.[2][3]

Queen Elizabeth II
Platinum Jubilee Medal
Obverse and reverse: United Kingdom version
TypeMedal
Awarded for5 years in Public service, including the Armed Forces, the emergency services, the prison service, one year in the royal household, and all VC and GC recipients[1]
Presented bythe monarch of Antigua and Barbuda, monarch of Australia, monarch of The Bahamas, monarch of Canada, monarch of Grenada, monarch of Jamaica, monarch of New Zealand, monarch of Papua New Guinea, monarch of Saint Kitts and Nevis, monarch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and monarch of the United Kingdom
Ribbon of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.
Precedence
Next (higher)Dependent on state
EquivalentDependent on state
Next (lower)Dependent on state

Design

The medal has the Ian Rank Broadley bust of Her Majesty of the obverse, the reverse shows a lion statant guardant atop a crowned royal armourial helmet, surrounded by ermine. The ribbon has silver edges representing the silver Jubilee, the blue from the Golden Jubilee medal, and the red from the Diamond Jubilee ribbon.[4]

Eligibility

Those who will receive the medal for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee are:[5]

  • Serving members of the Armed Forces that have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022.
  • Frontline emergency services personnel that have been in paid service, retained or in a voluntary capacity, dealing with emergencies as part of their conditions of service, and have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022.
  • Prison services personnel who are publicly employed and are regularly exposed to difficult and sometimes emergency situations that have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022.
  • Members of the Royal Household with one year of qualifying service.
  • Living individual recipients of the George Cross.
  • Living individual recipients of the Victoria Cross.

See also

References
  1. "Platinum Jubilee medal design revealed ahead of Queen's 70-year reign celebrations".
  2. "Queen's Platinum Jubilee to include extra bank holiday". BBC News. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  3. "Extra Bank Holiday to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  4. "Coin, Banknote and Medal Collector's Magazines. Token Publishing – Numismatic Interest".
  5. "Platinum Jubilee Medal revealed". Gov.uk.


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