Delhi Durbar Medal (1903)

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|name=Delhi Durbar Medal, 1903

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|caption=Obverse and reverse of 1903 Durbar Medal

|presenter=United Kingdom and British Raj

|type= Commemoration medal

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|awarded_for= Participation in Durbar, or broader service to the Indian Empire

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|established= 1903

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|total_awarded= 140 gold and 2,567 silver medals

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|caption2=Ribbon bar

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Delhi Durbar Medals were instituted by the United Kingdom to commemorate the Delhi Durbar where the new Emperor of India was proclaimed, in 1903 for Edward VII, and in 1911 for George V.{{cite book|author=Christopher McCreery|title=Commemorative Medals of the Queen's Reign in Canada, 1952-2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tg1k4oJn8a4C&pg=PA32|year=2012|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-4597-0756-6|pages=32–}} On both occasions the medals were one and a half inches in diameter and were awarded in both gold and silver.{{Cite book|author=Howard N Cole.|title=Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals.|pages=24 and 37. Published J. B. Hayward & Son, London. 1977}} They were worn in date order alongside Coronation and Jubilee medals on the left chest, suspended from a ribbon one and a quarter inches wide.{{cite web|title=Order of wear: London Gazette: 22 April 1921, issue: 32300, page:3184.|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32300/page/3184}} These Royal commemorative medals were worn before campaign medals until November 1918,{{Cite book|author=Howard N Cole.|title=Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals.|pages=3–4. Published J. B. Hayward & Son, London. 1977}} after which the order of wear was changed, with them now worn after campaign medals and before long service awards.{{London Gazette|issue=32300|page=3184|date=22 April 1921}}