Battle Of Bilbao Commemorative Medal 1937 Hold marked "SILVEROID A

marked "SILVEROID A

Ontario prior to enlisting in the RCAF in March 1940

B'HAM" on the reverse

U-Boot Veterans Badge for U-Boot Torpedoman Patch

in sheet metal

Battle Of Bilbao Commemorative Medal 1937 Hold marked "SILVEROID ABattle of Bilbao Commemorative Medal 1937 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 weapons of its time