Ниуэ. Монета "80 лет осады Тобрука"

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Монета

Страна: Ниуэ

Номинал: 5 долларов

Год выпуска: 2021

Размер: 50,0 мм

Гурт: рубчатый

Металл: серебро 925 пробы с выделением 24 каратным золотом

Масса: 56,7 г. (2 унции)

Тираж: 199 шт.

Throughout  the world, Australia’s military forces are renowned for their loyalty,  their tenacity and their steadfast resolve under most arduous of  circumstances. Three stalwart qualities which symbolise the siege of  Tobruk.

In  the early years of the Second World War, the growing spectre of tyranny  cast an ominous shadow over the free world. In North Africa, the  unrelenting Axis forces were pushing ever forward in their question for  domination. During the early part of 1941, the strategic port of Tobruk  was clearly in their sights.

Under  the leadership of General Sir Leslie Morshead, the Australian 9th  Division and the 18th Brigage of the Australian 7th Division were  instructed to hold the town for eight weeks. So tenacious was their  fighting spirit they protected Tobruk for eight long months, holding at  bay such adversaries as General Erwin Rommel’s fearsome Afrika Corps.  ‘Lord Haw Haw’, the announcer from the British propaganda radio  programme ‘German Calling’, dubbed the Australian tropps the ‘poor rats  of Tobruk’, due to garrison’s extensive tunnel network.

The  story of this siege is magically preserved in this proof quality, solid  silver coin with gold accents. Capturing the deserts, heat and  hardship, contrasted by the cheeky smile of the Aussie digger (actual  Private Peter McKenna of the 2nd/13th battalion) and a seal inspired by  the ‘Rats of Tobruk Symbol’, this limited edition coin truly a  commemorative to be treasured by all who value our freedom. It also  features the dates of conflict on the circumference, and the obverse  features a 2021 portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and issued  by NIUE.


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Американские солдаты осматривают брошенный итальянский танк Carro Armato M13/40. Туниc, 1943 г.



The defenders of Tobruk were the first soldiers to stop the German  forces in the North African campaign. Lord Haw-Haw, during his notorious  radio broadcasts, contemptuously referred to them as "poor desert rats  of Tobruk." The 9th Australian Division who garrisoned the port proudly  adopted this nickname and even designed their own rat-shaped medals,  crafted from scrap metal taken from a German bomber that they had downed  with a captured German gun.