This Badge was presented to surviving participants of the 1944 WWII Inital Assault on the Normandy Beaches by the Allied Forces. This ceremony was held at the Abbaye-aux-Dames, Place Reine Mathilde, 14000 Caen, France, on June 18, 2004 by the Normandie Memoire 60th Anniversaire Group under the direction of Admiral Brac de la Perrier, President.