Battle Of Bilbao Commemorative Medal 1937 Hold 1918" on the bottom)

1918" on the bottom)

in sheet metal

Ontario prior to enlisting in the RCAF in March 1940

This dagger has a 252 mm long nickel-plated steel blade

marked "SILVEROID A

Battle Of Bilbao Commemorative Medal 1937 Hold 1918" on the bottom)Battle 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