The End of the War Draws Nearer

Telling the stories of the war from outbreak to armistice, this set of six £5 coins struck in sterling silver continues The Royal Mint’s commemoration of the First World War as we head towards the centenary of the Armistice.

This penultimate set in the series details key moments in those final months of the war. Two coins mark the women left behind – in factories and as grieving widows. The tank was selected as a symbol of the technological advances of wartime and a bi-plane embodies the role of the newly-formed Royal Air Force. T. E. Lawrence, the famous Lawrence of Arabia, is celebrated as a hero of the time and a poignant design honours those fallen at the battles of Ypres.