Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Omaha Beach - Utah Beach

Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Omaha Beach - Utah Beach - obverseJeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Omaha Beach - 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 30.34 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 3.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
296472

Commemorative issue

D-Day June 6, 1944Automatically translated

Obverse

American soldier saluting the U.S. flag at the Omaha Beach memorial. Different from Prune at 9am.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
OMAHA BEACH * D-DAY
* 6.6.1944

Reverse

American soldier with U.S. flag in background. Emblem of the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. Different from Prune at 10 o'clock.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
4TH INFANTRY IVY DIV. US ARMY
UTAH D-DAY 6.6.1944

Edge

Reeded

Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Omaha Beach - 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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