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Medal - Canada Remembers D-Day, The Assault
| Location | Canada |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Diameter | 37 mm |
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| Obverse description | High-relief depiction of the D-Day assault on the Normandy beaches, based on the painting by Orville Fisher. Soldiers are shown storming ashore under heavy fire, with beach obstacles, smoke, and explosions rendered in dynamic relief across the full field of the medal. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a raised outer ring bearing the bilingual legend around the circumference, and a recessed dark inner field with the RCM mintmaster mark above and the artist attribution rendered in both English and French in the centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | D-DAY, THE ASSAULT - LE JOUR J: L'ASSAUT Painted by Peint par ORVILLE FISHER |
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