France 0.25 Euro Base Metals Uncirculated Coin 2024 D-DAY 80th anniversary

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France 0.25 Euro Base Metals Uncirculated Coin 2024 D-DAY 80th anniversary

Country: France
Face Value: 0.25 Euro
Theme: Pegasus Bridge, Juno Beach, Omaha Beach, Sword Beach
Collection: D-DAY 80th anniversary
Composition: Base Metals
Quality: Uncirculated
Year: 2024
Weight: 15.8 g
Mintage: 10,000 each
Coin Shape: Circular
Diameter: 34.00 mm
Edge: Plain
Edge Inscription: None
Packaging: Blister
Condition: See images
Certificate: No Certificate Issued
Mint: Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris)

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Description:
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Monnaie de Paris is minting a collection paying tribute to the soldiers of the four major Allied nations.
Through four singular destinies, French commandos, British airborne troops and American and Canadian infantrymen are honored in this historic collection.

The reverse of these coins depicts a spiral of all the Allied nations that took part in the landings, whether on land, sea or in the air.
The stars under the flags are also a tribute to the Liberty Road, the milestones marking the route taken by the 3rd American Army to liberate France, as far as Luxembourg.

Pegasus Bridge
Richard, a British Glider with the Airlanding Brigade, was part of the 6th Airborne (British and Canadian).
He landed on the night of June 6, 1944, in a glider to the east of Sword Beach.
Here he poses in front of Pegasus Bridge after the successful completion of Operation Deadstick.
The glider in which he landed is in the background under the trees.

On the night of June 5-6, 1944, during Operation Tonga, units of the 6th Division were the first to fight in the Normandy landings.
They were dropped by gliders and parachuted behind Sword Beach to secure the eastern flank of the Allied landing zone.
Their objectives included the capture of Pegasus Bridge and the bridge over the River Orne, as well as the destruction of the Merville battery - all of which were achieved.
Operation Tonga continued with the parachuting of further divisional units to hold the sector and counter German counter-offensives.

Juno Beach
Fred, a lieutenant with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, nicknamed the "Little Black Devils", is a member of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.
He landed on Sword Beach at Graye, near Courseulles. He poses in front of the beach, where we can see a Churchill AVRE tank, two soldiers from his unit holding the Canadian flag of the time, and a traditional house from the Côte de Nacre landscape.

Part of the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles were among the first Allied troops to land along the northern coast of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and participated throughout the Normandy campaign, fighting in numerous battles including Caen and the Falaise gap.

Omaha Beach
James is an American officer in the 1st Infantry Division. He landed on Omaha Beach, nicknamed "Bloody Omaha".
Here, he poses in front of the beach at the end of the day.
In the background, you can see the bunkers, as well as the many landing crafts and ships out to sea to support the beachhead.

On June 6, 1944, the 16th Infantry Regiment landed at 6:30 a.m.
in Normandy, in front of Colleville-sur-Mer.
But German resistance was extremely strong and the Americans were on the brink of disaster.
Their losses were immense.

But they didn’t lose heart, and break through the Atlantic Wall!

Sword Beach
Léon, Second-Maitre (Petty Officer) of the Commando Kieffer, was one of the 177 Frenchmen who took part in the Normandy landings on the beach known as "Sword Beach", alongside British forces as part of Commando N°4.
Here he poses in front of one of the Ouistreham bunkers, with his comrades in the background holding the flag of the Free French Naval Forces.

After landing, the French commandos seized an artillery piece, then the Riva-Bella Casino, before heading inland via Colleville and Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay to join up at Pegasus Bridge with British troops of the 6th Airborne Division.
They then reached Amfreville, occupying the edge of the Plain.
By the evening of June 6, they had lost almost 25% of their strength.
In addition to the wounded, including Lieutenant-Commander Kieffer, two officers and eight men were killed.

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