Jeton touristique - Prune - Colleville-sur-Mer - Cimetière militaire américain

Jeton touristique - Prune - Colleville-sur-Mer - Cimetière militaire américain - obverseJeton touristique - Prune - Colleville-sur-Mer - Cimetière militaire américain - reverse

© PLH28

Features

Location France
Issuing entity Prune
Type Souvenir medals › Tourist souvenir
Composition Steel
Weight 13.46 g
Diameter 31 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
295581

Obverse

Memorial at the American military cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, a French commune in the Calvados department, Normandy region. Different from Prune at 4 o'clock.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CIMETIERE MILITAIRE
° ° AMERICAIN ° °
° ° MEMORIAL ° °
NORMANDIE

Reverse

Several crosses on a U.S. flag background. Different from Prune at 12 o'clock.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY
A COMRADE IN ARMS
KNOWN BUT TO GOD
CIMETIERE AMERICAIN

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Officially inaugurated in 1956 with its memorial, this cemetery honors the American soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, and is one of 25 permanent U.S. burial sites on foreign soil. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimeti%C3%A8re_am%C3%A9ricain_de_Colleville-sur-MerAutomatically translated

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Languages: French
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