Friday, 29 April 2016

Belgium Coin from WWII - I Can't Help Myself

I've landed on another WWII coin. This is a Belgium 5 Francs coin from 1941. Belgium was invaded by German forces on 10th May 1940. After 18 days Belgium surrendered beginning a German occupation that lasted until 1944.

As I mentioned in my before post; zinc and aluminium coins are normally issued in a time of crisis. In this instance copper and other metals used for coins during the time were needed for weaponry.

My WWII memorabilia is slowly building...





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