In 1989 the series commemorated the 800th anniversary of the institution of the London Mayoralty.

A hundred years earlier, the 700th anniversary of the mayorality was celebrated by the issue of this medal. The medal, by Alexander Kirkwood & son is 80 mm in diameter and shows the busts of Richard I and Queen Victoria.

The reverse portrays St. Michael with Aureole, presenting the city scepter to London. Above is the royal crown. In background are the towers of Westminster Abbey, Cleopatra's Needle and St. Paul's Cathedral. Below is the Tower of London, with the Mansion House and Temple Bar on the left, and old London Bridge with shipping on the right. Which do you prefer? The 1889 medal or the 1989 medal?