| Description : The organisation of the Luxembourg Armed Forces is based on the
law of 29th of June 1967. Luxembourg does not have its own air force, but it cooperates closely with its neighbour
Belgium in terms of security policy. The Luxembourg army is integrated into NATO. Military service is voluntary, but it
facilitates access to a career in the civil service (e.g. police or customs). The coin design, based on a concept of the
Banque Centrale du Luxembourg - BCL (Luxembourg Central Bank), shows Grand Duke Henri in profile on the right, and
on the left the occasion of issue "50 JOER FRAĪWËLLEGEN‐ARMÉI" (50 Years of the Volunteer Army)
is mentioned in three lines, with the insignia of
the Volunteer Army depicted in the letter "O", two crossed swords behind the laurel‐wreathed coat of arms of Luxembourg
with the Luxembourg lion with double tail in the escutcheon. Below is the country name "LËTZEBUERG" (Luxembourg), above
the year of issue "2017", flanked on the right by a staff of Hermes the mint mark of the Dutch mint Koninklijke Nederlandse
Munt in Utrecht and on the left by the sails of the three‐masted clipper Nederland the logo of mint master
Maarten Brouwer. Coins manufactured in the Proof minting process and issued in the Proof set 2016‐18
feature the national mint mark, the Luxembourg lion with double tail, to the right of "2016" and to the left of it the
Servaasbrug (Sint‐Servaas Bridge in Maastricht) the logo of mint master Stephan Satijn. |
