OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

The reverse of this coin highlights all the allied countries that officially participated in the Normandy landings surrounding the face value and the word RF. Clockwise: 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 "Route of Freedom", kilometer markers marking the route followed by the 3rd American Army for the liberation of France to Luxembourg.