Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Sainte-Mère-Eglise ND front Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Sainte-Mère-Eglise ND back
Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Sainte-Mère-Eglise ND photo
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Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Sainte-Mère-Eglise ND

 
Steel 13.65 g 31 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing entity
Prune
Period
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Composition
Steel
Weight
13.65 g
Diameter
31 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled, Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#295708
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

Text in periphery around four flags (U.S.A., Canadian, British and French) with in its center two lions. Different from Prune at 6 o'clock.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
( OMAHA * UTAH * JUNO * GOLD * SWORD )
D - DAY NORMANDIE 6.6.44

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The expression D-Day, already used by the military in preparation for the offensives at the end of the First World War, now designates Tuesday June 6, 1944, the first day of the Normandy landings, marking the start of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jour_J

The commune is known as one of the first in mainland France to be liberated on June 6, 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A8re-%C3%89glise