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Summary
Medal, commemorative
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| Artist |
Association Nationale des Ancients Combattants de Flandres-Dunkerque |
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| Title |
Medal, commemorative |
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| Object type | Classification: NM3.12765 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: 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 |
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| Date | 29 May 1940-03 Jun 1940; post-WW2-wars; 22 Nov 1996; 08 Apr 2004; (1990) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
height: 57mm |
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| Accession number |
1996.185.12 |
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| Place of creation | Dunkerque; France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 9A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1996.185.12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | French Medal for Veterans of Dunkirk awarded to Corporal William Henry Deakin MM. The medal was awarded in recognition of the sacrifice of 30,000 combatants (British and Allied forces) during the Dunkirk evacuation, 29 May to 3 June 1940. Corporal Deakin, born in Leigh, UK, served during WW2 with the Durham Light Infantry (service no 3529549), taking part in Dunkirk, the Liberation of Geel (Belgium), and was a POW on crematorium duties at Auschwitz and Helle. After the war he settled in New Zealand and volunteered for service in Korea with K-Force. He died in 1999 - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Photo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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