Jeton touristique - Prune - Ouistreham - D-Day Musée le grand bunker
Jeton touristique - Prune - Ouistreham - D-Day Musée le grand bunker
€295,535.00
Location
France
Year
Type
Commemorative
medals
Composition
Steel
Weight
14.71 g
Diameter
32 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled, Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Reeded
Period
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Portrait of Lieutenant Bob Orell against the background of the British flag at the museum Le Grand Bunker in Ouistreham, a French commune in the Calvados department, Normandy region. Different from Prune at 6 o`clock.
Obverse lettering
° LIEUTENANT BOB ORELL ° ROYAL
ENGINEERS
MUSEE LE GRAND BUNKER ° OUISTREHAM
6.6.44
D.DAY
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Emblem of the Royal Engineers with the motto of the Order of the Garter, a British order of chivalry.
Reverse lettering
ROYAL ENGINEERS
HONI ° SOIT ° QUI ° MAL ° Y ° PENSE
E u R
ROYAL ENGINEERS
* SWORD BEACH *