Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach

Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach - obverseTourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach - reverse

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Features

Location France
Issuing company Saint Luc Foundry
Period Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Weight 14.11 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
329643

Commemorative issue

D-Day June 6, 1944

Obverse

Landing scene on the Normandy beaches during the Second World War. American flag at 12 o'clock.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UTAH BEACH 6 JUIN 1944
- Fonderie Saint Luc -

Reverse

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

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

Tourist token - Fonderie Saint Luc - débarquement en Normandie - D-Day - Utah Beach -  obverse

© PLH28

Comments

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_JAutomatically translated

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