5 Pounds - Elizabeth II End of WWII - Silver

Guernsey occupies a peculiar position in the WWII commemorative space: it was actually occupied by German forces from June 1940 until May 1945, making it one of the very few British territories to fall under Nazi administration. The liberation on 9 May 1945 — a day still celebrated on the island as Liberation Day — gives this issue a local specificity that most generic Allied victory commemoratives lack entirely.