An 1937 Italian Battle Of Bilbao Campaign Medal GTRexclude Japanese characters in gold-coloured ink

Japanese characters in gold-coloured ink on the lid

and was Mentioned in Despatches

engraved "ALFRED PENDERSEN"

He was declared eligible to wear one Good Conduct Stripe on March 19

In brown case of issue

An 1937 Italian Battle Of Bilbao Campaign Medal GTRexclude Japanese characters in gold-coloured inkAn 1937 Italian Battle of Bilbao Campaign Medal Silvered 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