Jeton touristique - Prune - Normandie - D-Day 6 juin 1944 Utah Beach

Jeton touristique - Prune - Normandie - D-Day 6 juin 1944 (Utah Beach) - obverseJeton touristique - Prune - Normandie - D-Day 6 juin 1944 (Utah Beach) - reverse

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Features

Location France
Issuing entity Prune
Period Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Composition Steel
Weight 14.34 g
Diameter 32 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
295717

Commemorative issue

D Day 6 june 1944Automatically translated

Obverse

American soldier with the United States flag in the background. Emblem of the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. Different from Prune at 11.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
4TH INFANTRY IVY DIV.
UTAH D-DAY 6TH JUNE 1944

Reverse

Text in periphery around four flags (U.S.A., Canadian, British and French) with in its center two lions. Different from Prune at 6 o'clock.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
( OMAHA * UTAH * JUNO * GOLD * SWORD )
D - DAY NORMANDIE 6.6.44

Edge

Reeded

Jeton touristique - Prune - Normandie - D-Day 6 juin 1944 (Utah Beach) -  obverse

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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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