A Spanish Province Of Vizcaya Victory Medal 1936-1939 Hold for them to wear when

for them to wear when they were shot down so that they would not be mistaken for downed Allied fliers and shot

Perth Regiment (peach-coloured embroidered lettering on maroon felt

Silver-plated brass hilt fittings show moderate wear to finish on pommel & crossguard

reverse illustrating the Governor General's coat-of-arms

A Spanish Province Of Vizcaya Victory Medal 1936-1939 Hold for them to wear whenIn Bronze, 36 mm, original ribbon suspended from a traditional Spanish horizontal hanger with pinback, very light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1939 following the Nationalist victory in the Civil War. During the Second Spanish Republic, the Basque Nationalist Party governed Vizcaya and after the Civil War broke out in 1936, it supported the Republican side. Following the infamous bombing of Durango and then Guernica by