Book Vimy Ridge 1917 Byng's Canadian Triumph at Arras By Alexander Turner Medals Original Smylie M19b

Smylie M19b

Maker stamped HOBSON & SONS LONDON

but included

Nice earlier issue

A very nice woven belt in the colours of the Black Watch

Book Vimy Ridge 1917 Byng's Canadian Triumph at Arras By Alexander Turner Medals Original Smylie M19bVimy Ridge was one of the most important geographic features on the entire Western Front in World War I (1914 1918). In early 1917 it was considered practically impregnable, but on 9 April the Canadian Army Corps, under the command of the British Lieutenant General Sir Julian Byng, assaulted it as part of the Arras offensive. In one of the most spectacular operational attacks of the war, they seized almost the entire ridge in a single day. This book