Shield shaped, antique brass colored coin, with rounded top, 2 inches high x 1-1/2inches wide. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III Corps
  • 1st Brigade Combat Team
  • 1st Cavalry Division
Location
Coin Location: 1M1
Homebase: Fort Hood, Texas
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 4 February 2009
Donated by: PFC Spinette
Copies: 2 of 2
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Narrative

Shield shaped, antique brass colored coin, with rounded top, 2 inches high x 1-1/2inches wide.

SIDE 1 - On a yellow triangular Norman shield with rounded corners, a black diagonal stripe extending over the shield from upper left to lower right inscribed, "IRONHORSE;" in the upper right a black horse's head cut off diagonally at the neck; and the number "1" below.

SIDE 2

Journal - Page 23 - Line 35

The Ironhorse Brigade (1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st cavalry Division) is a unit rich in heritage with cavalry, artillery, and logistic units dating back before the Civil War era. The brigade has proudly served in the Pacific during WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and deployed most recently four times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. The Brigade was one of the last units out of Iraq in December 2011 as operations ended.