An 1937 Italian Battle Of Bilbao Campaign Medal Auction WWII Second Tenth Draggons Officer

WWII Second Tenth Draggons Officer Collar Badges - In bronze fire gilt and silver

was promoted to Corporal on 1st October 1949 and to Sergeant on 1st November 1957

4th Canadian Brigade

the battalion was employed in France

Quebec when he signed his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917

An 1937 Italian Battle Of Bilbao Campaign Medal Auction WWII Second Tenth Draggons OfficerAn 1937 Italian Battle of Bilbao Campaign Medal Silvered bronze, very high relief, 32. 5 mm, extremely fine. Footnote On June 11, 1937, the Basque forces had fallen back to the city of Bilbao, which was defended by a series of rushed fortifications called the "Bilbao's Iron Ring." The Iron Ring was poorly designed for defense. It was quite an antiquated defense concept akin to First World War fortifications, so it was vulnerable to modern warfare