Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Jarrett Lewis, 1 Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), 1953

Silver coronation medal designed by Cecil Thomas, with a portrait of Queen Elzabeth II on the obverse and a royal cypher surmounted by a crown and surrounded by the inscription, 'Queen Elizabeth II Crowned 2nd June 1953', on the reverse. The medal is suspended from a dark red ribbon with two vertical blue stripes and white edges.

The 1953 Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal made to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and awarded to selected individuals throughout Britain and the Commonwealth. Recipients included members of the armed forces, police, fire brigade, various government ministers and public servants and officials. A total of 129,051 medals were awarded.

Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis of the 1 Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), served in Palestine before the Second World War, Africa during the Second World War and was Depot Commanding Officer between April 1952 and December 1963.