Poland, Republic. A 1St Grenadier Division In France Medal; 1940-1970 Archive As Chief of the Special

As Chief of the Special Support Schools Branch

the 12 o’clock arm on the reverse is inscribed with “DÜPPEL”

Landing on Iwo Jima on 20 February he

he was attached to the Central Despatch Pool and engaged in taking aircraft from various parts in Britain to the fighting points in France

near Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France

Poland, Republic. A 1St Grenadier Division In France Medal; 1940-1970 Archive As Chief of the SpecialBronze, 35. 3 mm, original ribbon, bruised, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The medal was awarded to surviving members of the Polish 1st Grenadier Division in 1970, to mark the 30th anniversary of the participation of the Division in the Battle of France. The unit was formed in France from expatriate Poles, mainly from the mining areas of northern France and Belgium, after the fall of Poland in the Fall of 1939. By mid 1940, it numbered just over