obverse: shield on anchor with crossed swords above laurel wreath, shield bearing the arms of Dunkirk, a lion passant (to left) above heraldic dolphin, mounted on an anchor, reverse: a circle bearing a burning lamp above words 'DUNKERQUE - 1940', surrounded by a laurel wreath surmounted by crossed swords the whole mounted on and surrounded by a laurel wreath, ribbon: chrome yellow with one thin and one wide red stripe each side with two very thin black lines bisecting both sides,