British commemorative medal - Churchill and the Dunkirk Evacuation 25th Anniversary Commemorative Medal – HCR98653

Obverse

Inscription:

WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER / G. COLLEY

Design:

quarter-length bust of Sir Winston Churchill, slightly left, wearing the 'siren suit'; artist's signature

Reverse

Inscription:

DUNKIRK · 1940 / G. COLLEY

Design:

imaginary aerial view of the evacuation of Dunkirk, with soldiers on the beach, ships and shells exploding in the background; small bluff in the foreground; artist's signature

Information

Person

Sir Winston Churchill (subject) , Geoffrey Colley (artist) , Slade, Hampton & Son, Ltd., London (emitting firm)

Mint

Johnson, Matthey & Co., Ltd., London (Modern)

Dating

1965

Note

CSG cf. edge inscr

Period

Modern

Kind

medal

Metal

bronze gilt or copper gilt

Reign

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

59.6

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

133

Acquisition date

12/2020

Source

J. Eric Engstrom

Acquisition credit

Presented by J. Eric Engstrom, 2020.

Acquisition note

J. Eric Engstrom Churchill Medal Collection

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Reference

J. Eric Engstrom - 1972 - The medallic portraits of Sir Winston Churchill : 50G

Note:

p. 30

Contributors to this coin record

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