Poland, Republic. A 1St Grenadier Division In France Medal; 1940-1970 Archive finished with a flattened u-shaped

finished with a flattened u-shaped finial

the 12 o’clock arm on the reverse is inscribed with “DÜPPEL”

They were married eleven years later

As Chief of the Special Support Schools Branch

near Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France

Poland, Republic. A 1St Grenadier Division In France Medal; 1940-1970 Archive finished with a flattened u-shapedBronze, 35. 3 mm, original ribbon, bruised, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The medal was awarded to surviving members of the Polish 1st Grenadier Division in 1970, to mark the 30th anniversary of the participation of the Division in the Battle of France. The unit was formed in France from expatriate Poles, mainly from the mining areas of northern France and Belgium, after the fall of Poland in the Fall of 1939. By mid 1940, it numbered just over