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1 Crown - Elizabeth II In Flanders Fields
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Currency | Crown Coinage (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, pearl drop earring, and pearl necklace, after the portrait by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend ELIZABETH II curves along the left periphery and QUEEN OF GIBRALTAR along the right, both within a beaded border. The date 2014 appears in the lower exergue. The engraver's initials RDM are visible at the base of the portrait. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the centenary of the First World War, this Gibraltar crown appeared in a wave of commemorative releases from British territories in 2014 — the same year the UK government launched its four-year programme of WWI remembrance. Gibraltar's participation reflects its status as a Crown Dependency issuing authority rather than any particular operational connection to the Western Front.
"In Flanders Fields" was written by Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in May 1915, reportedly composed in twenty minutes after presiding over the burial of a friend at Ypres.