Jeton touristique - Normandie - D-Day Borne Km 00

Location France
Year 2013
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Gold clad iron
Weight 29.48 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 3.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Reeded
Period
Notice
Reference(s) SetP#MC1083
Obverse description Soldiers disembarking from barges on Normandy`s `Utah Beach`. Numerous ships in the background. Aircraft and parachutists in the sky.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering D-DAY 6 JUIN 1944 NORMANDIE
Reverse description The Route de la Liberté commemorates the Allied victory and liberation of France, Belgium and Luxembourg during the Second World War. It is marked by a series of milestones along the road network between Sainte-Mère-Église (milestone 0) and Utah Beach (milestone 00), in Normandy, and Bastogne, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg, marking the route taken by the 3rd U.S. Army (Wikipedia). Six army division badges from left to right: - 1°/ 4th U.S. Army Division -2°/ Commando Kieffer -3°/ 90th U.S. Army Division -4°/ 82nd U.S. Army Airborne Division -5°/ U.S. 101st Airborne Division - 6°/ ?????
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering KM00 6 JUIN 1944 UTAH BEACH
Mintage
Numisquare ID 8555462480
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