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

10 Euros FRANCE 2025

Theme: USA - Czechoslovakia

Series: 80 Years of Victory
Quality: Proof (Belle Epreuve)
Mintage: 1945 copies.
999 ? Silver - 22.2 g - 37 mm in diameter.
Coin in capsule in case with certificate of authenticity

 James, an American officer of the 1st Infantry Division, landed on Omaha Beach. Following the landing, his unit continued the Battle of Normandy with the breakthrough of Avranches (Operation Cobra); it then participated in the closure of the Falaise pocket. It then fought in Mons and Liège in Belgium before crossing the Siegfried Line and attacking Aachen. It then participated in the Battle of the Bulge before crossing Germany again. In April 1945, the unit entered Czechoslovakia and spent its last weeks of combat there. 
 The reverse of this coin highlights all the Allied countries that officially participated in the Normandy landings, surrounding the face value and the RF mention. 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 "Road to Freedom", kilometer markers marking the route followed by the 3rd US Army for the liberation of France to Luxembourg.