Aloha kakou.
A webpage with an account of these historical displays can be found by clicking here:
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/8.3/forum_kamehiro.html
If you view and enlarge this photograph "Hawaiian Exhibits," Women's Industries and centenary fair taken in Sydney 1888 and enlarge it, is this the Kalakaua Coronation medal as Stacy Kamehiro suggests?
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/8.3/images/kamehiro_fig13b.jpg
Or is it another Hawaiian Royal Order medal of a different description? such as:
http://www.royalark.net/Hawaii/hawaiimn-orders.htm
The clue is in the year 1888.
This is a perplexing question and will no doubt improve your eyesight in the process, here is an image of the Kalakaua Coronation medal from elsewhere:
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