Operation Market Garden:
Operation Market Garden took place in September 1944 and consisted of two parts: the airborne operation (Market) and the ground offensive from Belgium (Garden). It was a bold plan by British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery that was executed by 41,628 people from the English, American and Polish airborne troops and three divisions of ground troops.
Designed by Tim Breukers
Tim Breukers is the designer of the Market Garden Fiver. He was inspired by the Airborne Museum Hartenstein in Oosterbeek, where embroidered badges and emblems caught his attention. He applied the various stitches to the design of the commemorative coin.
The parachute on the coin represents the largest airborne operation ever on Dutch territory. You can also see the bridge over the Rhine near Arnhem, which also gives Operation Market Garden a partial failure. After all, the Allies failed to capture the bridge over the Rhine near Arnhem.
