VE Day

Victory in Europe

Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) was on 8 May 1945, the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. On 30 April Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin, and so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, President of Germany Karl Dönitz. The administration headed up by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg government. The act of military surrender was signed on May 7 in Reims, France and May 8 in Berlin, Germany.

To mark this historic occasion we are proud to offer what we believe is the definitive personalised piece of memorabilia ever to have been offered to collectors worldwide.

With the assistance and co-operation of both the Imperial War Museum and the National Archives of Great Britain we have produced a fine art print commemorating the major events of the Second World War. In addition to these images we have added the unique concept of dedicating the print to a single individual, listing the medals that he or she was awarded and creating a printed image of those medals and also incorporating a printed image of the named individual.

The dedication has a central image from the National Archives which was originally designed to encourage factory labour to increase output to serve the fighting forces. The text from the poster has been removed for aesthetic reasons but originally had a top banner of "This is the Year" and a bottom banner of "It's up to us to let 'em have it". The picture was chosen after much deliberation because it captures the fighting spirit of the forces and support groups as well as encompassing the Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force.

Around the central image are black and white photographs from the archive of the Imperial War Museum depicting the Home Front, Blitz, Home Guard, Dunkirk, Submarine Service, Fleet Air Arm, Battle of Britain, Atlantic Convoys, Arctic Convoys, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Arnhem, Malta, Pacific/Burma.

Each of the photographs is a bona fide print of the negative held by the Imperial War Musuem.

Each print will be individually produced on 300 gsm fine art paper using a seven colour light fast ink process, truly the most collectable and limited of limited editions!

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 The VE Day print is published by Badge of Pride        The D Day prints are published by Badge of  Pride