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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KLJ, post: 55089, member: 1910&quot;]GEORGIVS V DEIGRA:BRITT:OMN:REX FIDEF:IND:IMP is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase (excuse if my spelling is bad) &quot;Georgius V, Dei Gratia Brittanarium Omnium Rex, Fidei Defensor, Indiae Imperator.&quot;&nbsp; In English that translates as &quot;George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Indian Emperor.&quot;&nbsp; That phrase appeared on coins (the only change being to Georgius VI) of the Empire through the end of the Raj in 1947.&nbsp; Although today the phrase is different in the various countries where Elizabeth II is Queen, the British coins today say (still in Latin abbreviations) &quot;Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God Queen, Defender of the Faith.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>George V reigned from 1910-1936 (thus encompassing the First World War).&nbsp; In 1917 he changed the dynasty name to Windsor from &quot;something&quot; (monarchists and historians differ as to what it was before - although most say &quot;Saxe-Coburg-Gotha&quot;).&nbsp; He is also the grandfather of the present Queen and the first cousin of, among others, the last German Kaiser, Wilhelm II.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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