Code: 57839
Made in Brussels by Greef Medailles and complete with its original makers box, both Medal and Box are in very good condition.
The Medal measures approximately 50.5mm and made with a coloured wash on metal, the obverse illustrating the rampant boar insignia of the XXX Corps, with the Headquarters 1st Army Group (later Headquarters British Army of the Rhine) insignia above, the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade insignia to the left of the Boar and the British Army of the Rhine insignia to its right.
The reverse is inscribed, "1944-1945 NORMANDY / MOUNT PINCON / CROSSING OF THE SEINE / BRUSSELS AND ANTWERP / THE ADVANCE TO ARNHEM / THE ARDENNES / THE REICHSWALD / CROSSING OF THE RHINE / FINAL ADVANCE INTO GERMANY" inside an open-ended wreath of olive leaves.
