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New 50p coin commemorates the giants that fell to secure freedom on D-Day

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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