5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Battle of Britain, 1940, Silver Proof Issue

Alderney occupies a peculiar position in the Battle of Britain narrative — the island was evacuated and subsequently occupied by German forces in June 1940, making it the only piece of British territory to fall under Nazi administration during the war. Its civilian population had already been removed when the Luftwaffe's summer campaign began. The irony of a commemorative coin issued under Alderney's authority celebrating RAF operations its own residents never witnessed is worth noting.