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Dunkirk Medal 1940, Private Vernon Britland, Royal Sussex Regiment and The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Dunkirk Medal 1940, foreign award, commemorative medal
Accession Number

NAM.2006-01-10-5

Description

Dunkirk Medal 1940. Bronze medal with, on the obverse, the arms of Dunkirk on a shield superimposed on an anchor and laurel wreath, with two crossed swords above. On the reverse, a burning oil lamp, above the inscription, ‘Dunkerque’, within a laurel wreath. The medal is suspended from a yellow ribbon with two vertical crimson stripes bordered by two narrower crimson stripes, with two black lines running down the two broader crimson stripes and two black lines running between the broad and narrow crimson stripes. Swing mounted. Associated with the Evacuation of Dunkirk, World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1940), 1940. Pte Britland was evacuated from Dunkirk and transferred from the Royal Sussex Regiment to The Buffs on 5 October then served in Burma. From a medal group awarded to Pte Vernon Britland, Royal Sussex Regiment and The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).

Events

Dunkirk, Evacuation, 1940 (World War Two, North West Europe 1939-1940)

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