Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach ND front Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach ND back
Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach ND photo
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Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach ND

 
Zamak 14.11 g 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing company
Saint Luc Foundry
Period
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Composition
Zamak
Weight
14.11 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#329643
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Map of the Normandy coast with the location of the Allied landing forces represented by their flags.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DEBARQUEMENT DE NORMANDIE
CHERBOURG
Sainte Mère Eglise UTAH
Carentan Pointe du Hoc Saint Laurent sur Mer Colleville-sur-Mer OMAHA
Arromanches Bayeux GOLD
Courseulles-sur-Mer CAEN JUNO
Ouistreham H2rouvlle SWORD
D-DAY
NORMANDIE
6JUIN 1944
- Fonderie Saint Luc -

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