To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, the Canadian War Museum will have it’s official opening on Sunday May 8, 2005. Just prior to that on May 6, Canada Post will be issuing a stamp featuring the new museum.

Designed by Tiit Telmet and Marko Barac the stamp’s central image is a Memorial Cross GRV or Silver Cross which was awarded to wives and mothers of fallen servicemen. In the background is a handwritten letter representing the private experience of war while a lit candle signifies remembrance. Along the top and bottom edges of the stamp are lines of Morse code repeating a significant architectural element found in the soaring walls of Regeneration Hall depicted on the stamp saying “lest we forget/n’oublions jamais.”