2017 Cook Islands REMEMBRANCE POPPY 1oz Silver Coin $5 NGC 70 UC

2017 Cook Islands REMEMBRANCE POPPY 1oz Silver Coin $5 NGC 70 UCThe practice of displaying red remembrance poppies was inspired by the World War I poem “In Flanders Fields, ” by Canadian physician, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, on May 3, 1915 after witnessing the death of a friend, and fellow soldier, the day before. The poem read, “In Flanders fields the poppies blow; Between the crosses, row on row. ” Following a campaign by Moina Michael, a YWCA volunteer, to have the poppy adopted as a national symbol of remembrance, it was proclaimed as such by the National American Legion