The Fall of Bataan commemorative series was authorized to mark the 25th anniversary of the April 1942 surrender — the largest capitulation of American-led forces in history, followed by the Bataan Death March in which thousands of Filipino and American prisoners died en route to Camp O'Donnell. This copper piece is a pattern striking, never approved for circulation. The adopted issue was struck in silver.
The Fall of Bataan commemorative series was authorized to mark the 25th anniversary of the April 1942 surrender — the largest capitulation of American-led forces in history, followed by the Bataan Death March in which thousands of Filipino and American prisoners died en route to Camp O'Donnell. This copper piece is a pattern striking, never approved for circulation. The adopted issue was struck in silver.