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Designing Challenge Coins for Military, Police, Fire and other services
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Designing Challenge Coins
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A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion (usually military, but also police, fire
and other services), bearing an organization's insignia or emblem and is carried by
the organization's members. They are given to prove membership when challenged
to prove membership.
In addition to using challenge coins for challenging, they are also used as rewards or
awards, and as a tool to build morale. In the modern U.S. military, the tradition most
likely began among Special Forces units during the Vietnam War then spread to the
Airborne troops, and a little later to the 75th Infantry Rangers.
As officers were reassigned through their careers, they continued the tradition of
awarding a unit coin for acts that were worthy of recognition but did not qualify the
person for an official medal. Challenge Coins were not very common until the First
Persian Gulf War and since then their popularity has grown significantly in the
military as well as among other uniformed services for the most part.
The design for the Dougas County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team illustrates the
wonderful level of artistic detail that can be incorporated into a challenge coin.
The process begins with
a sketch-up of the desired
design for the coin.
... which is then worked into
the final artwork that will go
to the die casting process.
... returning as the finished
challenge coin. The reverse
side contains the emblem
for the master organization.
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