OBVERSE

⁣⁢In December 1944, the unit was urgently sent to Belgium to take part in the Battle of the Bulge. It then crossed the Rhine as part of Operation Varsity. At the end of April, it linked up with Soviet troops near Wismar. Its commitment did not stop there, as part of the 6th Airborne was sent to the
Far East to participate in the fighting against the Japanese. The war ended on September 2, 1945, and the unit witnessed the disarmament of the Japanese in Malaya and Singapore.⁤⁣

REVERSE

⁣⁢The reverse of this coin highlights all the Allied countries that officially participated in the Normandy landings, surrounding the face value and the mention RF. In clockwise order: 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 "Voie
de la liberté", kilometer markers indicating the route taken by the US 3rd Army for the liberation of France to Luxembourg.⁤⁣