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jeton touristique - Prune - Sainte Mère Eglise - D-Day - Airborne ND

 
Steel 14.73 g 32 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing entity
Prune
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Composition
Steel
Weight
14.73 g
Diameter
32 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#329768
Rarity index
94%

Reverse

Peripheral text in yellow on a green background. In the center, four colorized flags: Canadian, British, French and American.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
* 6TH JUNE 1944 *
SWORD * JUNO * GOLD * OMAHA * UTAH
D. DAY

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