Jeton touristique - Prune - Normandie - D-Day 6 juin 1944 ND front Jeton touristique - Prune - Normandie - D-Day 6 juin 1944 ND back
Jeton touristique - Prune - Normandie - D-Day 6 juin 1944 ND photo
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Jeton touristique - Prune - Normandie - D-Day 6 juin 1944 ND

 
Steel 29.16 g 40 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing entity
Prune
Period
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Composition
Steel
Weight
29.16 g
Diameter
40 mm
Thickness
3.1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled, Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#295388
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Text in periphery. Four French, American, British and Canadian flags with a hexagon and two lions in the center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SWORD ° OMAHA D - DAY GOLD ° JUNO ° UTAH
6.6.1944

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