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Dunkerque medal 1940
Awarded to Seaman W.T. Elmslie RNR. Obverse: A shield, bearing a fish and in chief a lion passant (the arms of Dunkirk). Superimposed on an anchor and laurel wreath, crossed swords above. Reverse: Within a laurel wreath, a disc bearing a burning lamp crossed swords above. Inscribed: 'DUNKERQUE-1940-' Suspended by a ring from a yellow ribbon with two broad and two narrow red stripes and a black line on each of the broad red stripes and the narrow yellow stripes.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1649 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | World War II: Evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940 |
| People: | DSM, William Tilley Elmslie |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 37 mm |