The 1916 Experience Verdun & The Somme. By Julian Thompson Footballers showing minimal signs of wear

showing minimal signs of wear

and overall condition

it lasted for four and a half months and would witness the arrival of the tank on the battlefield

Description: The Defence Medal is a circular medal with the effigy of King George VI on the obverse and a depiction of a lion and a unicorn flanking a crown on the reverse

The 1916 Experience Verdun & The Somme. By Julian Thompson Footballers showing minimal signs of wearThe 1916 Experience Verdun & The Somme. By Julian Thompson. Verdun and the Somme were two of the most cataclysmic battles of the First World War on the Western Front. The carnage on that front in 1916 was unprecedented for all sides and had a profound effect on the eventual outcome of the war. On the first day of the Somme, Britain and her Commonwealth suffered almost 60,000 casualties, the worst day's loss in British military history. Many people