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| Uitgever | Niue |
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| Jaar | 2021 |
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| Waarde | 25 Dollars |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | · 25 DOLLARS · Au 999,9 · 2021 · ELIZABETH II · NIUE ISLAND · |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | A dramatic high-relief commemorative scene depicting the Battle of Westerplatte (September 1939), the opening engagement of World War II. In the lower left, two Polish soldiers wearing steel helmets are shown taking aim with rifles from behind a rocky earthwork fortification rendered in fine matte relief. To the right, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein is depicted firing its main guns, with a large billow of smoke and muzzle blast rendered in contrasting polished and matte surfaces. Above, German aircraft silhouetted in the upper field release bombs toward the defenders below. The legend BITVA O WESTERPLATTE (Czech: Battle of Westerplatte) arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. |
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The Battle of Westerplatte began on September 1, 1939, when German forces attacked a small Polish Military Transit Depot on a peninsula outside Danzig — the opening engagement of the Second World War. The 182-man garrison, under Major Henryk Sucharski, was expected to hold for twelve hours. They held for seven days.
Poland has commemorated Westerplatte extensively since the communist period, when the site was instrumentalized as a secular national shrine. This Niue issue is one of dozens of Pacific-jurisdiction gold pieces struck for the European collector market, using Niue's Crown dependency status to issue legal tender coins with no circulation intent whatsoever.