Medal - Memories of Wartime Britain The London Blitz
Medal - Memories of Wartime Britain The London Blitz
€283,108.00
Location
United Kingdom
Year
2008
Type
Souvenir medals/Tourist souvenir
Composition
Silver (.925)
Weight
20 g
Diameter
39 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Reeded
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Obverse lettering
FIGHTING THE FIRES IN EASTCHEAP -
1940
THE LONDON BLITZ
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Reverse lettering
MEMORIES OF WARTIME BRITAIN
IF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND ITS COMMONWEALTH
LAST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS, MEN WILL STILL SAY,
`THIS WAS THEIR FINEST HOUR`
WINSTON CHURCHILL 18th JUNE 1940
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
2008
