Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - Arromanches - Port Mulberry ND front Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - Arromanches - Port Mulberry ND back
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Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - Arromanches - Port Mulberry ND

 
Zamak 12.88 g 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing company
Saint Luc Foundry
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Composition
Zamak
Weight
12.88 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#329625
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Representation of a pontoon of the artificial harbour of Arromanches built by the Allies during the Second World War.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
* ARROMANCHES * PONTON *
*Fonderie Saint Luc *

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Mulberry Harbour was a prefabricated harbour built on the Normandy coast during the Second World War to allow the supply of the Allies in the days following the Normandy landings. In fact, two harbours were built off the beaches of Calvados, but only the one at Arromanches was operational, the second one in front of Omaha Beach having been destroyed by a storm on June 19th 1944. The construction of this port avoided the need for the Allies to take a deep water port directly. Mulberry Harbour was made up of various large elements that were prefabricated in England, transported and assembled on the Normandy coast. This artificial harbour has often been highlighted as having enabled the success of the Battle of Normandy and presented as a breakthrough in military logistics.