1/2 Crown - Elizabeth II At the Going Down of the Sun

Gibraltar's commemorative output in this period leaned heavily on British military remembrance themes, and this piece belongs to that wave of issues tied to World War I centenary observances. The title quotes Laurence Binyon's 1914 poem "For the Fallen," written just weeks after the outbreak of war — the "going down of the sun" line became the core of the Ode of Remembrance recited at ceremonies across the Commonwealth. Gibraltar's own role in both world wars, as a strategically choked naval passage, gives the issuer at least geographic relevance to the subject.