Posted 12 years ago
mike101
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Could anyone help tell me more about these military medals
If they have any meaning or value
Photo 1 and 2 are front and back
Photo 3 and 4 are front and back
Are these military medals? any help would be great | ||
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Same thing as others-- unit coins.
They usually are highly valued by folks who actually served in the units.
They have minimal monetary value, but are collected.
scott
I think these are referred to as "challenge coins"
see history of challenge coins here:
http://custom.nwtmint.com/news_challengecoinhistory.php
Dave
The first one is given to Airmen upon graduation from Air Force basic training. They started that one in the last 10 years or so. The second one is from the 5th Comm Gp, as you can see. They are an Air Force combat communications unit, often going into bare bones places and setting up initial communications. They are highly mobile and deploy around the world.