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Location: 21N1 Height: 2

Coin: Command

National Guard » U.S. Army » Artillery

Narrative

Diamond shaped, brass colored coin 2 inches wide x 2 inches high.

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The 115th Fires (Field Artillery) Brigade is a US army unit which was first organized in 1888 in the Wyoming National Guard as the 1st Regiment, to consist of Company A (Laramie Grays), organised on the 29th of May 1888 at Laramie, and company B (Cheyenne Guards), organised on the 12th of October 1888 at Cheyenne. In 1890 it was redesignated as the 1st Regiment Infantry. And after many more changes it was redesignated as the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 115th Field Brigade on the 1st of September 1978.

The 115th Fires Brigade, located in Cheyenne, WY, is the command and control element for several field artillery battalions.