Honour those who serve in our borders with Challenge Coins

Posted by dunitzsantrino on September 5th, 2014

To honour those who commit their lives to protect our nation, one specific day isn’t enough; they should be celebrated and cherished every single day for we can’t have a single night’s peace without them. Sacrificing happiness, family pleasures and struggling hard at our borders to protect and safe guard the country, these brave men and women need to be commemorated every day. Theirs is after all the hardest and most gruelling of jobs there is in the world. These brave hearts work day and night for our peace and many put life in the line of bullets for our safety.

Their efforts and extraordinary work cannot be valued by money or prize or awards. The only thing you can do for them is to pay them respect that is their due and appreciation for their work. To appreciate their work and to convey the best regards a traditional practice that has been in place for long now is awarding these courageous men and women with challenge coins. Challenge coins will be awarded for their bravery during special occasions and national festivals.

A challenge coin symbolises respect towards their hard work and sincerity. You have different kind of challenge coins as per the different departments and respective units. Below are the different types of challenge coins awarded:-

•Army challenge coins
•Navy challenge coins
•Military challenge coins
•Fire fighter challenge coins
•Marine challenge coins
•Coastguard challenge coins
•Police challenge coins
•Custom challenge coins
•Law enforcement challenge coins

These challenge coins appear in different styles, shapes and sizes. Made up of many metals like bronze, copper, gold, silver, nickel etc, you will also get them in 2D and 3D designs. Respective emblems and sometimes for the remembrance of occasion respective symbols are designed on them. And a few times you can also observe a quotation printed along with emblem.

Navy challenge coins

Challenge coins are a token of appreciation and encourage individuals as well as groups to boost their morale and continue in their duties and face their challenging circumstances. Navy challenge coins are given to both men and women and sometimes navy challenge coins are also awarded to the family members of the department as a token of remembrance for special occasions.

Granting the challenge coins is the only way to honour the work and efforts of the soldiers and the sacrifices they make for making our their lives safer and secure.