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1 Crown - Elizabeth II WWI - The Christmas Truce
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1637 |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · D · G · REGINA · GIBRALTAR · 2018 · ONE CROWN · |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Christmas Truce of December 1914 — in which British and German soldiers emerged from opposing trenches along sections of the Western Front to exchange tobacco, sing carols, and play informal football — was never officially sanctioned and was actively discouraged by high command on both sides. It did not repeat at scale in subsequent years, as the war's industrialized attrition steadily eroded any remaining goodwill between frontline troops.
Gibraltar issues commemoratives of this type under a Royal Mint licensing arrangement, producing struck pieces for the collector market rather than circulation. The tombac core with selective gold plating is characteristic of the mid-tier commemorative category that proliferated sharply after 2010.