Issued to mark the centenary of the informal ceasefires along the Western Front on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 1914, when soldiers from opposing trenches — most famously British and German units near Ypres — crossed no man's land to exchange food, tobacco, and conversation. The event was never officially sanctioned and was actively discouraged by high command on both sides; several officers who permitted it faced reprimand.
The Monnaie de Paris produced this as part of a broader centenary program spanning multiple years and denominations covering key episodes of the First World War.
Issued to mark the centenary of the informal ceasefires along the Western Front on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 1914, when soldiers from opposing trenches — most famously British and German units near Ypres — crossed no man's land to exchange food, tobacco, and conversation. The event was never officially sanctioned and was actively discouraged by high command on both sides; several officers who permitted it faced reprimand.
The Monnaie de Paris produced this as part of a broader centenary program spanning multiple years and denominations covering key episodes of the First World War.