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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II End of WWII
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two standing figures depicted in three-quarter view at centre: Winston Churchill to the left raising his right hand in the characteristic V for Victory gesture, and King George VI to the right with his right arm raised in salute. Below the figures, in the lower central field, appears a decorative emblem incorporating a globe motif. The peripheral legend arcs across the upper field, with the denomination FIVE POUNDS inscribed along the lower border. |
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Guernsey has particular standing when it comes to WWII commemoration. The island was occupied by German forces from June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945 — the only British territory to fall under Nazi occupation during the war. That liberation date, a day after VE Day on the mainland, is still marked annually as Liberation Day and remains the island's most significant public holiday.
KM#168 was issued for the sixtieth anniversary of that liberation, not merely the broader Allied victory.