Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Sainte-Mère-Eglise - Airborne

Commemorative issue

D Day 6 june 1944

Obverse

Representation of two Airborne insignia, the 82nd Division on the left and the 101st Division on the right, with the church of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, a French commune in the Manche department, Normandy region, in the background. Different from Prune at 8 a.m.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
AIRBORNE AIRBORNE
AA
D-Day - 6.6.1944

Reverse

Peripheral text in yellow on a green background. In the center, four colorized flags: Canadian, British, French and American.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
* 6TH JUNE 1944 *
SWORD * JUNO * GOLD * OMAHA * UTAH
D. DAY

Edge

Reeded

© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Comments

The expression D-Day, already used by the military in preparation for the offensives at the end of the First World War, now designates Tuesday June 6, 1944, the first day of the Normandy landings, marking the start of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jour_J

The commune is known as one of the first in mainland France to be liberated on June 6, 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A8re-%C3%89glise

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

L'expression jour J (en anglais : D-Day), déjà utilisée par les militaires lors de la préparation des offensives de la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale, désigne actuellement le mardi 6 juin 1944, premier jour du débarquement de Normandie, marquant le début de la bataille de Normandie lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jour_J

La commune est connue pour être l'une des premières communes de France continentale libérées le 6 juin 1944 lors de la bataille de Normandie. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-M%C3%A8re-%C3%89glise

See also

• Eagle
• Religious building
• Flag
• War

• Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - Cricqueville-en-Bessin
• Jeton touristique - Prune - D-Day - 82e division américaine

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