Gibraltar – Spitfire Aircraft and Sir Winston Churchill – £50 – 2006 – Pick 34a – Crisp Uncirculated
Malawi – Set of (4) World War II Warships – 5 Kwacha – 2005 – Proof Rectangular Crowns – This set of four gilded proof coins is comprised of the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, the American aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea, the Russian battleship Molotov and the American battleship USS Missouri. Great addition to any collection of warship coins or for any World War II buff.
Czechoslovakia – World War II – Volunteers Medal – 1940 /1945 – 23.5 Grams – 38 mm – Another interesting medal I acquired on a recent visit to the Veronafil 2012 Coin Show in Verona, Italy. This medal was awarded to Czech volunteers who participated in World War II.
The Dieppe Raid during World War II, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France on August 19, 1942. Over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by large British naval and air contingents. Intended to seize and hold a major port for a short period, both to prove it was possible and to gather intelligence from prisoners and captured materials while assessing the German responses, the raid was also intended to use air power to draw the Luftwaffe into a large, planned encounter. The raid was generally considered to be an unmitigated tactical disaster, with no major objectives accomplished and 4,384 of the 6,086 men who made it ashore killed, wounded, or captured. The RAF and RCAF failed to lure the Luftwaffe into open battle, and lost 119 planes, while the Royal Navy suffered 555 casualties. This beautiful Proof Silver Crown comes in a mint issued leatherette presentation case as shown.
During World War II the North African Campaign, also known as the Desert War, took place in the North African desert from September 13, 1940 until May 13, 1943. Fighting in this region began with Italian attacks on British occupied areas. When the Italians suffered terrible reverses, the German Afrika Korps commanded by Field Marshall Erwin Rommel came to their assistance. After a back-and-forth series of battles for control of Libya and parts of Egypt, British Commonwealth forces under the command of General Bernard Montgomery eventually pushed the Axis forces back to Tunisia. This beautiful Proof Silver Crown comes in a mint issued leatherette presentation case as shown.
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