General Marshall was appointed by President Eisenhower to head the United States delegation to the June 6, 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England. He was presented with this medal by the British government to commemorate the occasion. It is on display in the Marshall Museum’s Soldier of Peace Gallery.
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