Composition : 99.9% silver
Mintage : 10,000

The Herculean trials of war - 60th Anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement (1953-2013)

On July 27, 1953, officials signed the armisticeagreement that brought combat in Korea to an end. The three-year conflict had begun just five years after the Second World War, and although much of the world was still struggling to recover from that global conflict, many nations came to the aid of the beleaguered Koreans.

Korea had been under Japanese colonial rule for more than three decades. When the Second World War came to an end and Japan surrendered, Allied military forces moved into the peninsula to ensure that Korea "shall become free and independent" in due course.

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Canada's Navy was among the first in and the last out, while Canada's soldiers fought in Korea's mountains and valleys, supplied in part by a Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron. By war's end, Canada's casualties included 1,558 injured with another 516 men making the ultimate sacrifice. By joining with its allies to uphold the principle of collective security on which the UN was founded, Canada helped to prove the effectiveness of the fledgling organization and solidify its role on the world stage.
 

PROOF DOLLARS - 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN ARMISTICE AGREEMENT - 2013 CANADIAN COINS is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 18- MILITARY and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.