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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II No. 310 Squadron RAF
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Weight | 16 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, after the fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials appear below the truncation. The portrait is set against a deeply mirrored proof field, flanked on either side by stylised bracket motifs referencing the squadron emblem design. The curved legend along the lower rim reads NIUE ISLAND · 1 DOLLAR, while the inscription ELIZABETH II · 2015 arcs along the right and upper portion of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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No. 310 Squadron was the first Czechoslovak unit formed within the RAF, stood up at Duxford in July 1940 just in time for the Battle of Britain. Flying Hurricanes, its pilots — most of them veterans of the fall of France — achieved an exceptional kill ratio during the critical weeks of September 1940, a fact that surprised several senior RAF commanders who had initially doubted the combat readiness of foreign-national squadrons.
Niue has issued commemoratives for dozens of WWII Allied air units under its numismatic licensing arrangements, with production typically handled by the New Zealand Mint.