1872 AD., Great Britain, Medal on Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Brass.
Great Britain, medal on Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 1872 AD.,
Brass Medal (24 mm / 4,00 g),
Obv.: ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES / • BORN NOV. 9 1841 • , bare head of Albert Edward left.
Rev.: ST. PAULS - CATHEDRAL / LONDON / 1872 , St. Pauls Cathedral.
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By the end of the year (1871) Bertie (Albert Edward) fell ill with typhoid fever and during several days he was at the doors of death. On December 13th, on the eve of the anniversary of Prince Albert's death, everybody feared the worse, but on the contrary to what everyone expected, on the 14th Bertie showed a light improvement and 24 hours later he showed clear signs of having overcome the illness.
On February 27 1872 a Thanksgiving service was held in St. Paul's Cathedral for Bertie's recovery. It was the first time for ten years that Queen Victoria appeared in public since Prince Albert's death.
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V.
Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince of Wales and was heir apparent to the throne for longer than anyone else in history. During the long widowhood of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from political power and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite.
The Edwardian period, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including powered flight and the rise of socialism and the Labour movement. Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet, the reform of the Army Medical Services, and the reorganisation of the British army after the Second Boer War. His work in fostering good relations between Great Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", was unable to prevent the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince of Wales and was heir apparent to the throne for longer than anyone else in history. During the long widowhood of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from political power and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite.
When Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901, Edward became King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India and, in an innovation, King of the British Dominions. He chose to reign under the name Edward VII, instead of Albert Edward—the name his mother had intended for him to use, declaring that he did not wish to undervalue the name of Albert and diminish the status of his father with whom among royalty the name Albert should stand alone.
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