Issued on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this Jersey gold piece appeared in 1990 alongside a wave of Commonwealth commemoratives marking the same milestone. Jersey's occupation by German forces from June 1940 through May 1945 gives the island a sharper claim to this subject than most issuing authorities — the battle being fought, in part, to prevent the kind of invasion the islanders had already experienced firsthand.
Issued on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this Jersey gold piece appeared in 1990 alongside a wave of Commonwealth commemoratives marking the same milestone. Jersey's occupation by German forces from June 1940 through May 1945 gives the island a sharper claim to this subject than most issuing authorities — the battle being fought, in part, to prevent the kind of invasion the islanders had already experienced firsthand.