Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Coronation of King George V Flag, circa 1935

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Presented is a pennant to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of the Coronation of King George V, from 1935. George V was the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from May 6, 1910 until his death in 1936. The Union Jack pennant features an oval portrait of King George V and his wife Queen Mary set in the middle of a yellow scrolling banner that reads “Twenty-Fifth Anniversary”. A double-hemispheric world map is printed at the center, with dominions of the British Empire identified in red. An oval at bottom is printed with the royal coat of arms. A yellow scroll reads “1910” and “1935” to celebrate the 25 years since his coronation.
Proclaimed King following his father's death in 1910, King George V’s Coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on June 22, 1911. His reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape. George visited India in 1911, and was the only monarch to do so as King-Emperor. Public support for the King increased during WWI. During the war, the King made over 450 visits to troops and over 300 visits to hospitals visiting wounded servicemen, he pressed for proper treatment of German prisoners-of-war, and he pressed also for more humane treatment of conscientious objectors. The British Empire was at its territorial peak in 1921. In 1924 he appointed the first Labour ministry and in 1931 the Statute of Westminster recognized the dominions of the Empire as separate, independent states within the British Commonwealth of Nations.