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The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal ((フランス語:Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II)) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. There are three versions of the medal: one issued by the United Kingdom, another by Canada, and the third for the Caribbean realms of Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The ribbon used with the Canadian and British versions of the medal are the same, while the Caribbean medal's ribbon differs slightly. The different iterations of the medal were presented to tens of thousands of recipients throughout the Commonwealth realms in the jubilee year. ==Design== Named by Order in Council as the ''Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal'', the Canadian medal was designed by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, Fraser Herald of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and manufactured by the Royal Canadian Mint. It takes the form of a disc with, on the obverse, a crowned effigy of the Queen circumscribed by the words ''ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA • CANADA'' (Latin for "Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen • Canada"). The reverse features Elizabeth's royal cypher crowned and superimposed upon a diamond shield, behind which is a bed of four maple leaves and a ribbon with the dates 1952 and 2012 to the left and right of the shield and ''VIVAT REGINA'' (long live the Queen) below, all on a field of diamonds. In the United Kingdom, the medal, more properly known as ''The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal'',〔"This commemorative medal is designated and styled 'The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal'." ''Defence Instructions and Notices'', Ref. 2011DIN09-012, Ministry of Defence, November 2011.〕 was designed by Timothy Noad, a calligrapher and illuminator. It depicts on the obverse the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of the Queen crowned with a tiara and is circumscribed by the inscription ''ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID DEF'' (Latin for "Elizabeth II by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith"). The reverse shows a faceted hexagon with a crowned royal cipher, inscribed with the years 1952 and 2012. Eight Commonwealth realms in the Caribbean—Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Grenada: Diamond Jubilee Medal )〕 Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines—have each issued a Diamond Jubilee medal. The obverse bears the same effigy of the Queen as does the British medal circumscribed by the words ''DIAMOND JUBILEE HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II''. The reverse shows the royal cypher of Elizabeth II with ''CARIBBEAN REALMS'' above and the years ''1952-2012'' below. The medal itself is rhodium plated. Both the Canadian and British versions of the medal are worn suspended from a broad red ribbon with blue outer stripes and, at the centre, double white stripes with a red stripe between.〔 The ribbon of the Caribbean medal is similar to the aforementioned, with a black stripe between the middle two white stripes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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