El Alamein was fought in two distinct phases in 1942 — the first halting Rommel's advance in July, the second beginning in October under Montgomery and effectively ending Axis ambitions in North Africa. Jersey's interest in the battle is more than ceremonial: the island was under German occupation from June 1940 until May 1945, and the Allied reversal in North Africa was among the first concrete signs that the occupation would eventually end.
KM#200 is one of several commemorative crown-sized issues Jersey produced under Royal Mint contract during this period.
El Alamein was fought in two distinct phases in 1942 — the first halting Rommel's advance in July, the second beginning in October under Montgomery and effectively ending Axis ambitions in North Africa. Jersey's interest in the battle is more than ceremonial: the island was under German occupation from June 1940 until May 1945, and the Allied reversal in North Africa was among the first concrete signs that the occupation would eventually end.
KM#200 is one of several commemorative crown-sized issues Jersey produced under Royal Mint contract during this period.