being the second type notably from the considerable gap between the edge of the center leaf and the rib on the outer leaf
joined together at the bottom by a 1914 Iron Cross and flanked by mobile swastikas
superimposed on black skies
and Efficiency Decoration with Canada Bar
the centrepiece surrounded by sixteen linden leaves and surmounted by a fireman's helmet
Poland, Republic. A 1St Grenadier Division In France Medal; 1940-1970 Hold being the second type notablyBronze, 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