Nepal (Kingdom): King Birendra-Queen Aishwarya Memorial Medal (Birendra Aishwarya Seva Padak) # I-89

This medal – the very last Nepal Royal Commemorative Medal to be issued – was uniquely named & styled as a joint Memorial Medal and Coronation Medal) in 2001. The medal was awarded in the the wake of the wake of the Royal Palace Massacre, and the coronation of King Gyanendra (the last monarch of Nepal), both events which occurred in 2001

Befitting this joint Memorial / Coronation medal the obverse bears the joint-bust portraits on obverse of the massacred late King Birendra-Queen Aishwarya

King Gyanendra reigned in Nepal 2001-2008

In 2008, Nepal became a Republic and the monarchy was abolished