Description

Elizabeth II. 1952-2022. Gold Medal 1965, 89.26 g. Battle of Britain. Unsigned. Southern part of Great Britain, above two RAF fighters between two searchlights pointed to the sky; behind clouds and sea below. BATTLE OF BRITAIN SEPT . 1940. Rv. "NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW" above arms of the Royal Air Force with motto; below in wreath 1940-1965 and hallmarks. Edge punch: 232. 51.7 mm. 22ct gold. Eimer -. Fast FDC / About Mint State. Im Originaletui / In original box.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, July 1998, lot 410.

The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The British officially recognise the battle's duration as being from 10 July until 31 October 1940, which overlaps the period of large-scale night attacks known as the Blitz, that lasted from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941.

German historians do not follow this subdivision and regard the battle as a single campaign lasting from July 1940 to May 1941, including the Blitz.