Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Débarquement Allié

Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Débarquement Allié - obverseJeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Débarquement Allié - reverse

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Features

Location France
Issuing entity Prune
Period Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Composition Steel
Weight 30.09 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 3.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
296046

Commemorative issue

D-Day June 6, 1944Automatically translated

Obverse

Against a backdrop of the American flag, several Allied soldiers land on Omaha Beach.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
OMAHA BEACH
6 JUIN 1944

Reverse

The Route de la Liberté commemorates the Allied victory and liberation of France, Belgium and Luxembourg during the Second World War. It is marked by a series of milestones along the road network between Sainte-Mère-Église (milestone 0) and Utah Beach (milestone 00), in Normandy, and Bastogne, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg, marking the route followed by the American 3rd Army (Wikipedia) Two paratroopers and a soldier around the milestone, with the US flag in the background. Different from Prune at 6 o'clock.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UTAH BEACH
NMOD
6 JUIN 1944

Edge

Reeded

Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Débarquement Allié -  obverse

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Comments

Omaha Beach was the name used by the Allies during the Second World War to designate one of the five Normandy landing beaches. Assigned to American troops, it was the beach where the Allies lost the most troops, earning it the nickname "Bloody Omaha". Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_Beach

The Route de la Liberté commemorates the Allied victory and liberation of France, Belgium and Luxembourg during the Second World War. It is marked by a series of milestones along the road network between Sainte-Mère-Église (milestone 0) and Utah Beach (milestone 00), in Normandy, and Bastogne, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg, marking the route followed by the American 3rd Army commanded by General Patton.https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voie_de_la_Libert%C3%A9Automatically translated

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