Commemorative Medal [Operation Manna]
Production date
1985
1945
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Object detail
Accession number
2006.114
Description
The 40th Anniversary medal issued in 1985 as a commemoration to the historical 1945 'Operation Manna' carried out when food supplies were dropped by the Allied Forces over Holland and to its people who had suffered during the German occupancy. The obverse has embossed 4 important figures and Heads of State. Interspacing between them are 4 food labels saying: Cheese Tinned 11 lbs., Dried Eggs 5½ lbs., Bacon Tinned 15½ lbs., Potato Mash Powder 16 lbs. Below this is a stack of tin foods marked "Sugar", "Milk", etc.
Reverse: 3 aircraft are embossed depicting food drops over a typical Dutch countryside. Sacks of food can be seen pouring out of the aircraft and on the ground below are some people waving their hands standing in front of a farm with a windmill. The medal says: "Operation Manna 1945".
Reverse: 3 aircraft are embossed depicting food drops over a typical Dutch countryside. Sacks of food can be seen pouring out of the aircraft and on the ground below are some people waving their hands standing in front of a farm with a windmill. The medal says: "Operation Manna 1945".
Marks
"HEUGENDE HEN DIE DE BERGREDE VLEUGELDEN" / 1985 Embossed
"OPERATION MANA" / 1945 Embossed
"OPERATION MANA" / 1945 Embossed
Media/Materials
Collection
Credit Line
1985
1945. Commemorative Medal [Operation Manna], 2006.114. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
1945. Commemorative Medal [Operation Manna], 2006.114. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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