Bust of General Leclerc with the Cathedral of Strasbourg in the background and the symbol of the Free French at right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
PHILIPPE LECLERC DE HAUTECLOCQUE
2e DB
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
Reverse description
A surrounding wall with palm trees behind. The French flag with the cross of Lorraine. In the spring of 1941, Leclerc and his men vowed in Koufra, a Libyan oasis, not to lay down their arms until they had liberated Strasbourg.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
JUREZ
DE
NE DÉPOSER
LES ARMES
QUE LORSQUE NOS COULEURS
FLOTTERONT SUR LA CATHÉDRALE
DE STRASBOURG
SERMENT DE
KOUFRA
2 MARS 1941
100F
1994 (Translation: Do not put down your arms until our colors fly again above the Cathedral of Strasbourg. Speech at Koufra March 2, 1941 100F 1994)
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)