Battle Of Bilbao Commemorative Medal 1937 Auction overall length of a dagger

overall length of a dagger is approximately 38cm (or 15 inches)

Kaiser-i-Hind (Reservist A R Barren 2d Bn Bo B & C F Ry Vol Rifls)

and by those who were wounded in North Africa

tarnishing on the silver medals

Battle Of Bilbao Commemorative Medal 1937 Auction overall length of a daggerBattle 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