| Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal | |
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  Obverse and reverse (Canadian version) | |
| Type | Medal |
| Awarded for | Having made an honourable service in military, police, prison, and emergency forces, or for outstanding achievement or public service in Canada or for five years or more qualifying service in the British Armed Forces |
| Presented by | Themonarch of Australia,Canada, and theUnited Kingdom .svg)  |
| Eligibility | British and Canadian citizens alive on 6 February 2002 |
| Status | No longer awarded |
| Total | 6 (Australia)[1] 46,000 (Canada)[2] Nearly 400,000 (United Kingdom)[3] |
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| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Dependent on state |
| Equivalent | Dependent on state |
TheQueen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (French:Médaille du jubilé d'or de la Reine Elizabeth II[4]) or theQueen's Golden Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2002 to mark the50th anniversary of QueenElizabeth II's accession in 1952. The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal was awarded in Canada to nominees who contributed to public life. The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal was awarded to active personnel in theBritish Armed Forces and emergency personnel who had completed five years of qualifying service.
The Canadian and British medals were of different designs.
Canada: The medal is gold-plated, bronze medal with a thin raised edge and, on the obverse, an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, crowned with theGeorge IV State Diadem and circumscribed by the wordsQUEEN OF CANADA • REINE DU CANADA. The reverse features a stylised maple leaf withCANADA at the bottom and the years 1952 and 2002 on the left and right of theRoyal cypher and crown.[5]
United Kingdom: The medal is ofcupronickel with a gilt finish and shows the Queen wearingSt. Edward's Crown, circumscribed by the inscriptionELIZABETH • II • DEI • GRA • REGINA • FID • DEF; on the reverse is theshield ofRoyal coat of arms of the United Kingdom flanked by the years 1952 and 2002.[6]
Both medals were issued unnamed, and are suspended from the same broad royal blue ribbon with red outer stripes and, at the centre, double white stripes with a red stripe between.[6][5]
In Canada, the medal was administered by the Chancellery of Honours atRideau Hall and was awarded to Canadians who made a significant contribution to their fellow citizens, their community, or to Canada over the previous fifty years.[7] Various organisations were invited to propose the names of candidates for the medal; this included all levels of Canadian government, educational and cultural organisations, theCanadian Forces, theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police, veterans' groups, sports associations, and philanthropic and charitable bodies.[5] Of the 46,000 medals issued, approximately 9,600 medals were awarded to members of theCanadian Forces according to a system that distributed them proportionately by service (navy, army, air force), rank, and years of service, occupations, and regular force and reservists, including Rangers and honorary appointees.
Members of the British Armed Forces regular, reserve, and cadet branches, serving prison officers and members of the police and emergency services who were enrolled as ofAccession Day and had been so for five years were given the medal in the United Kingdom. 94,222 members of the Army received the medal, as did 32,273 in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, and 38,889 in the Royal Air Force.[8] Longer serving members of theRoyal Household and living holders of theVictoria Cross and theGeorge Cross also received the medal.[3]
Some orders of precedence are as follows:
The medal was not awarded by New Zealand. However, it was accorded a place in the country's order of wear to accommodate British citizens who had received the medal in the UK and subsequently joined theNew Zealand Defence Force.[11]
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