Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal
| Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal | |
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Obverse and reverse of the medal.
The Canadian reverse is on the right |
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Awarded by the    Monarch of Australia, Monarch of Canada, Monarch of New Zealand, and Monarch of the United Kingdom |
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| Type | Medal |
| Eligibility | Commonwealth citizens |
| Awarded for | Community contribution |
| Status | No longer awarded |
| Clasps | None |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 6 February 1977 |
| First awarded | 1977 |
| Last awarded | 1977 |
| Total awarded | 68,377 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Dependent on state |
| Next (lower) | Dependent on state |
 Ribbon of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal |
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The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (French: Médaille du jubilé de la reine Élisabeth II) was a commemorative medal created in 1977 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The medal was physically identical in all realms where it was awarded, save for Canada, where it contained unique elements. As an internationally distributed award, the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal holds a different place in each country's order of precedence for honours.
The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal was created by a Royal Warrant from the Queen.
Until 1977, the practice for coronation and jubilee medals was for the United Kingdom authorities to decide on a total number of medals to be produced and allocate how many were to be distributed by each Dominion and possession across the British Empire, and later, to each Commonwealth country. From 1977, the award of the medals was at the discretion of each national government. Thus, 30,000 were distributed in Britain, 1,507 in New Zealand, 6,870 in Australia, and 30,000 in Canada.
The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in the UK was designed by David Wynne. It is in the form of a 32 millimetres (1.3 in) diameter silver disc with, on the obverse, the words ELIZABETH II DEI GRA. REGINA FID. DEF. (Latin abbreviation for "Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith") surrounding an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, symbolising her role as fount of honour. On the reverse is a crown atop a wreath that contains the words THE 25th YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II 6 February 1977 in six lines.
The Canadian version was identical, except that the medal was slightly thicker, the crown on the Queen's effigy was more upright, and the reverse bore a stylised maple leaf with CANADA above and the Royal Cypher below.
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