London County Council School King’s Medal, Special Award in Silver for Punctual Attendance During the Year 1910-1911 and Seven Previous Years, hallmarks for London with date letter ‘p’ for 1910, reverse engraved: ‘H. COHEN’, a Jewish recipient. The 1911 dated suspension bar is also similarly hallmarked, has the matching ‘W&S’ jewellers mark, and is fitted with a horizontal wearing pin. Scarce in this level of award.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
The 'Kings Medal' was awarded to schoolchildren who were considered most deserving of recognition for conduct, industry and attendance throughout the educational year. The first medal awarded for regular and punctual attendance to London schoolchildren was initiated by the School Board for London in 1887 and, with royal sanction, was designated the ‘Queen Victoria Medal’. After that monarch died, it was renamed the ‘King Edward VII Medal’ and, on his demise, it became simply ‘the King’s Medal’. The London County Council continued the awards when it took over as the education authority for London from the School Board in 1904. The award was suspended during the latter part of the First World War but was reintroduced briefly after the conclusion of hostilities. It was discontinued altogether in 1920 and the awards for the school year 1919/20 were the last. During the wartime suspension, a form of certificate was issued indicating that, but for wartime suspension, the pupil in question would have been awarded the medal.
