Gold (.999) plated copper (24-Carat Gold Plated with Pad Print)
Weight
32 g
Diameter
40 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain, shiny gold edge.
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Five soldiers wearing berets, standing to the front but looking left. The soldier in the middle holds binoculars, the leftmost soldier holds a rifle. They stand on a platform surrounded by a laurel wreath. The two legends follow the border, separated with stars. The mintmark for the Bayerisches Münzkontor is below the middle of the laurel wreath.
Obverse lettering
WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
FROM MUD, THROUGH BLOOD, TO THE GREEN FIELDS BEYOND
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Large V in centre coloured with Union Jack, with Churchill in the middle giving the `V for Victory` fingers. The word `VICTORY` arcs above him. St Paul`s Cathedral at the bottom of the reverse projects searchlights, two bordering the outer edges of the giant `V`, the other two reaching to the edge of approximately one-third from the bottom of the coin. Crowds on cobblestone roads celebrate either side of the `V`, with a Union Jack on either side coloured. There is a legend around the border of a speech marking VE Day and the end of the Second World War.
Reverse lettering
VICTORY
VE-DAY
8 MAY 1945
TODAY IS VE-DAY! THE DAY FOR WHICH THE BRITISH PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT
AND ENDURED FIVE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND FOUR DAYS OF
WAR
