2016 £2 The Great War Arrival On The Western Front PNC Gold - 1/4oz Proof Designed by Royal Mint designer

Designed by Royal Mint designer David Knapton

celebrates one of the world’s most famous fortresses

featuring coins individually struck from hand polished dies and thoroughly inspected prior to packing

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a ceasefire between communist and United Nations leaders was signed on 27 July 1953

2016 £2 The Great War Arrival On The Western Front PNC Gold - 1/4oz Proof Designed by Royal Mint designerWith Gallipoli behind them, Australian troops began arriving in France in early 1916, by which time the Western Front stretching 750 kilometres from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border had been long established. While much of the front was quiet, British and French forces had engaged with the enemy at locations along the front since late 1914, and by the end of 1915, France alone had suffered more the 1. 5 million casualties.