A Rare 1940 French Medal For Defence Of Gembloux Archive Footnote: Ernest Carden Freeth Gillespie

Footnote: Ernest Carden Freeth Gillespie was born on 20 May 1871

20th of July 1940 he was issued his work book (arbeitsbuch

with the canal ranking as one of the outstanding engineering feats of the twentieth century

5cm (folded) x 10cm

eyelet at the shoulder end for placement of the button

A Rare 1940 French Medal For Defence Of Gembloux Archive Footnote: Ernest Carden Freeth GillespieBronze, Greek cross base, obverse illustrating a five pointed Moroccan star piercing a swastika, inscribed "VINCERE SCIS", surrounded by an open ended wreath, oak leaves on the left and laurel leaves on the right and engraver marked "MAURICE AVRIL", reverse illustrating a large cross and inscribed "14 16 MAI GEMBLOUX 1940" with oak and laurel leaves in the corners, 39. 5 mm, original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was created on April 7,