2017 - $20 - 1 oz Pure Silver - Battlefront Series - First World War - The Battle of Passchendaele

I died in hell—
(They called it Passchendaele). My wound was slight,
And I was hobbling back; and then a shell
Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell
Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light.
-Siegfried Sassoon
Passchendaele or the Third Battle of Ypres: a battle that is synonymous with mud-soaked valour, and some of the most nightmarish fighting conditions of the First World War. Just a few months after Vimy, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps were sent north in October 1917 to take part in the defining campaign of the Third Battle of Ypres. Near the Belgian town of Passchendaele, Canada's soldiers would fight for higher ground once more—this time, across a shattered landscape of mud and rain-filled craters that claimed machine, beast and man.

Specifications
No. 147830
Mintage 10,000
Composition 99.99% pure silver
Finish proof with selective gold plating
Weight (g) 31.39
Diameter (mm) 38
Edge serrated
Certificate serialized
Face value 20 dollars
Artist Pandora Young (reverse), T. H. Paget (obverse)