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Dunkirk Medal is struck in bronze and measures approximately 44mm in length and 36mm wide. The medal's obverse depicts a shield bearing the arms of Dunkirk (a fish and in chief, a lion passant) superimposed on an anchor and laurel wreath, crossed swords above. The reverse of the medal features a
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and surrounding area during May and June 1940. The allocation of the award was managed by nationale des anciens combattants de
Flandres-Dunkerque 1940, the French National Association of Veterans of the Fortified Sector of Flanders and Dunkirk (and later administered by the now disbanded
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The medal ribbon measures 36mm wide and features a wide central chrome yellow stripe with one wide and one thin red stripe each side with two further chrome yellow bars and two very thin black stripes.
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