France. An Early & Scarce Medal For The Dedication Of The Bastille Monument, C.1792 United Republic of Boulogne-s/Mer" on the reverse

Boulogne-s/Mer" on the reverse

the Vichy French commander

" Dixon died in the United Kingdom in 1920

Later that evening a second Swordfish raid was launched resulting in two torpedo hits on the Bismarck

chipping in the blue enamels on the upper arm

France. An Early & Scarce Medal For The Dedication Of The Bastille Monument, C.1792 United Republic of Boulogne-s/Mer" on the reverseAn early and highly desirable medal in detailed five piece construction, two die stamped silvered iron disks placed back to back, magnetic, fabricated from chains from the Bastille, the disks with a pad in between, each plate with a gilt copper plate with a voided centre on the perimeter, the four aforementioned pieces secured in place via a copper ring along the outer edge with raised rims on both sides, obverse disk illustrating a column placed on a