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medal, commemorative

Hei whakaatu
human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    French Medal for Veterans of Dunkirk (descriptive name)

    Dunkirk Veterans Medal (alternative)

    Dunkerque 1940 (descriptive name)

    to William H Deakin MM, Durham Light Infantry (medal awarded to)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Dunkirk Medal [1940-1960]

    French Medal for Veterans of Dunkirk awarded to William Henry Deakin, Durham Light Infantry

    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

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Accession Number
    1996.185.12
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    08 Apr 2004
  • Wāhanga
  • Rūma Whakaatu
medal, commemorative, 1996.185.12, Photographed by Julia… … Read more

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