Coin French Mint United Kingdom - 80 years of the VDAY - 10 Euros Silver 2025

10 Euros FRANCE 2025

Theme: United Kingdom - Singapore

Series: 80th Anniversary of Victory
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 1945 copies.
999 ? Silver - 22.2 g - 37 mm diameter.
Coin in capsule in case with certificate of authenticity

Richard, a private in the 6th Airborne, landed on the night of June 6, 1944. After the Battle of Normandy, which culminated in the liberation of Calvados, the
 division was rested in Great Britain. In December 1944, the unit was urgently sent to Belgium to take part in the Battle of the Bulge. It then crossed the Rhine as part of Operation Varsity. At the end of April, it joined up with Soviet troops near Wismar. Its involvement did not end there, as part of the 6th Airborne was sent to the Far East to take part in the fighting against the Japanese. The war ended on September 2, 1945, and the unit assisted in the disarmament of the Japanese in Malaysia and Singapore. 
 The reverse of this coin highlights all the Allied countries that officially participated in the Normandy landings, surrounding the face value and the RF mark. Clockwise: Free France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Australia, United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, Canada, Belgium. The stars under the flags are also a tribute to the 'Path of Freedom', kilometer markers marking the route followed by the 3rd US Army for the liberation of France to Luxembourg.