Bare head of the King George VI facing left.

GEORGIUS VI DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM OMNIUM REX means George VI, by the Grace of God, of all the Britains King.

George VI (1895–1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth.

As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. George's elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII upon the death of their father in 1936. However, later that year Edward revealed his desire to marry divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin advised Edward that for political and religious reasons he could not marry a divorced woman and remain king. Edward abdicated in order to marry, and George ascended the throne as the third monarch of the House of Windsor.

Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget

Royal Arms of the United Kingdom crowned and supported by a lion and unicorn.

The current Royal Arms of the United Kingdom dates from the Acts of Union with Scotland in 1707. A quartered shield is at the centre, three passant guardant lions of England feature in the first and fourth quadrants. Scotland is represented by the rampant lion and double ‘tressure flory-counterflory’ top right, with the harp of Ireland diagonally below. The shield is supported on one side by a crowned English lion and on the other a Scottish unicorn, held firm in chains.

Beneath the lion and unicorn is the motto of English monarchs – Dieu et mon droit (which translates to “God and my right”).

FIDEI DEFENSOR INDIAE IMPERATOR means Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India.

Engraver: George Edward Kruger Gray