Jeton touristique - Prune - Colleville-sur-Mer - Cimetière militaire américain ND front Jeton touristique - Prune - Colleville-sur-Mer - Cimetière militaire américain ND back
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Jeton touristique - Prune - Colleville-sur-Mer - Cimetière militaire américain ND

 
Steel 13.46 g 31 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing entity
Prune
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Composition
Steel
Weight
13.46 g
Diameter
31 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#295581
Rarity index
90%

Reverse

Several crosses on a U.S. flag background. Different from Prune at 12 o'clock.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY
A COMRADE IN ARMS
KNOWN BUT TO GOD
CIMETIERE AMERICAIN

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Officially inaugurated in 1956 with its memorial, this cemetery honors the American soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, and is one of 25 permanent U.S. burial sites on foreign soil. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimeti%C3%A8re_am%C3%A9ricain_de_Colleville-sur-Mer