First World War: The Battle of Passchendaele

The reverse design by Canadian artist Pandora Young features a powerfully evocative scene that captures the spirit of Canada’s participation in the Battle of Passchendaele. A first-person perspective immerses the viewer in the action for a closer connection to this important chapter in our past. The setting is a chilling one: highly detailed engraving re-creates the devastated landscape in the background, where months of heavy artillery fire and relentless rains have transformed the once-fertile terrain into a quagmire. Four Canadian soldiers move across the muddy battlefield, their silhouettes mirrored in the rainwater at their feet. A closer look at the water reveals several more reflections that represent their fallen comrades, whose memory is carried forward by their surviving brothers in arms—and a nation.

This coin is the sixth issue of eight of the First World War: Battlefront series.
 

FIRST WORLD WAR: BATTLEFRONT - THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE - 2017 CANADIAN COINS 06 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 18- MILITARY and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.