United
Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown
Dependencies)
Year
Type
Medals/Commemorative
medals
Composition
Gold (.999) plated copper
Weight
Diameter
38 mm
Thickness
2.1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Soldiers waving coming home on V-E Day. Big Ben in the background and planes doing a fly over. Date below
Obverse lettering
V-E DAY
8TH MAY 1945
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Central text surrounded by more text.
Reverse lettering
THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR 2
VE Day
Just one day after the final surrender of all German forces,
Churchill broadcast to the nation that `the German War is at an
end`, and the entire country joined the greatest party of the
century!
CW
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