The reverse side of the coin depicts Allied soldiers disembarking a landing craft and racing onto the beaches of Normandy with offensive aircraft in the skies above. It is accompanied by the inscription 'D-Day 6 June 1944 Utah Omaha Gold Juno Sword', the codenames for five assault beaches that formed at of part of Operation Neptune, the largest amphibious military assault in history.
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