The reverse of the coin depicts war ruins and ruins and a pigeon with an olive branch in its bow. On the obverse there is an image of an eagle established as the national emblem of the Republic of Poland and silhouettes of soldiers from various military formations.  The date of September 1, 1939, when the German ship "Schleswig-Holstein" started firing on the Polish outpost at Westerplatte, is commonly considered as the beginning of the war. The German attack on Poland started a conflict that cost the lives of 72 million people, including 47 million civilians. On the side of the Allied countries, 61 million people died, and on the side of the Axis countries, 11 million. On 30 April Adolf Hitler committed suicide. Under his will, power over the state and the armed forces passed to Admiral Karl Dönitz, who appointed the last government of the Third Reich in Flensburg. On 7 May, the Germans capitulated on the western front in one of the school buildings in French Reims in front of representatives of the United States army and the British Community. On 8 May 1945 in Berlin they also signed an act of capitulation in the presence of the Soviets. Thus the Second World War in Europe officially came to an end, although in some areas military action continued for some time.