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medal, commemorative

human history
  • Other Name

    French Medal for Veterans of Dunkirk (descriptive name)

    Sir Keith Rodney Park (medal awarded to)

  • Description

    Dunkirk Medal [1940-1960]

    French Medal for Veterans of Dunkirk awarded to Sir Keith Rodney Park

    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; ring suspension; ribbon: chrome yellow with one thin and one wide red stripe each side with two very thin black lines bisecting both sides; NOTE: ribbon missing

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1975.40.19
  • Accession Date
    1975
  • Other Id

    MY:U04 (Medal Yearbook 2008)

  • Department

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