[7] The obverse features a crowned effigy of the King Charles III and Queen Camilla facing left.

The reverse shows the royal cypher CIIIR surmounted by the Tudor Crown, a laurel wreath and the date of the coronation, 6 May 2023.

[12] The 60 Australian Defence Force (ADF) members who participated in the King’s coronation procession to Buckingham Palace were also awarded the medal.

[14] Additional ADF personnel were presented the medal by the British High Commissioner to Australia, Victoria Treadell, during a ceremony in November 2024.

Responding to a Official Information Act request, the Clerk to the Executive Council of New Zealand noted that New Zealand hadn't issued medals to mark royal occasions in "recent times", primarily due to cost and difficulty in administering a domestic medal programme.

[5][note 2] The Chancellery of Honours of the Office to the Secretary to the Governor General is responsible for administering the medal on behalf of the government of Canada.

The date of the coronation is inscribed to the left of the cypher and the words VIVAT REX (Latin: Long Live The King) to its right.

[5] To be eligible for the Canadian medal, a person must:[5] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the coronation medal program on 3 May 2023 to honour Canadians who made significant contributions to the country, a province, territory, region, or community, or achieved abroad in a way that brought credit to Canada.

[24][25][26] Excerpting from a CBC News: Politics report, the Monarchist League of Canada claimed the delay in the medal program was due to two coinciding issues.

[8][28][29][30] Some orders of precedence are as follows: Media related to King Charles III Coronation Medal at Wikimedia Commons