Dunkirk Medal 1940, awarded to Private Vernon Britland, Royal Sussex Regiment and The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Bronze medal with, on the obverse, the arms of Dunkirk on a shield superimposed on an anchor and laurel wreath, with two crossed swords above. On the reverse, a burning oil lamp, above the inscription, 'Dunkerque', within a laurel wreath. The medal is suspended from a yellow ribbon with two vertical crimson stripes bordered by two narrower crimson stripes, with two black lines running down the two broader crimson stripes and two black lines running between the broad and narrow crimson stripes.

Private Britland was evacuated from Dunkirk and transferred from the Royal Sussex Regiment to The Buffs on 5 October then served in Burma.

The Dunkirk Medal is an unofficial commemorative medal produced in 1960 by the town of Dunkirk in France to honour those Allied service personnel and civilians who were involved in the defence of the town in 1940. It was subsequently awarded to those involved in Operation DYNAMO, the evacuation from the town and beaches of Dunkirk.

From a medal group awarded to Private Vernon Britland, Royal Sussex Regiment and The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).