1840-1861 AD., Great Britain, medal on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Brass Token.

Great Britain, medal on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840-1861 AD.,
Brass Token (23 mm / 4,88 g),
Obv.: VICTORIA QUEEN OF - GREAT BRIT , head of Victoria left.
Rev.: PRINCE ALBERT OF - SAXE COBURG GOTHA , bust of Albert left.
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Princess Victoria met her future husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Prince Consort (born 26 August 1819 – died 14 December 1861), when she was just seventeen in 1836. But it was not until a second meeting in 1839 that she said of him: "…dear Albert… He is so sensible, so kind, and so good, and so amiable too. He has besides, the most pleasing and delightful exterior and appearance you can possibly see." Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was her mother's brother, Ernest. As a monarch, Victoria had to propose to him and in 1840 they married. Their marriage proved to be very happy.
Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert, on 10 February 1840, in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace, London. Albert became not only the Queen's companion, but an important political advisor. They had nine children.
Albert died at the early age of 42, plunging the Queen into a deep mourning which lasted for the rest of her life.