Sand artists have recreated a new 50 pence coin commemorating 80 years of D-Day on a Normandy beach where troops landed in 1944.
Jehan-Benjamin Tarain, with support from Sam Dougados, drew the design in the sand at Gold Beach.
It came as the Royal Mint revealed the new coin; Its “tail” side depicts Allied soldiers disembarking from a landing craft on the beaches of France with offensive aircraft in the sky.
The sand art is 35 meters in diameter and took five hours and 30 minutes to complete.
