Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 2 31/64 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • XVIII Airborne Corps
  • 4th Brigade Combat Team
  • 10th Mountain Division
  • 2nd Battalion 4th Infantry Regiment
Location
Coin Location: 4R1
Homebase: Fort Polk, Louisiana
Deployment: Afghanistan
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 6 June 2013
Donated by: LTC Paul Cunningham
Copies: 1 of 1

C003896

Location: 4R1

Coin: Command

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Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 2 31/64 inches in diameter.

SIDE 1 - On a white field, a barrel-shaped device in 4th Infantry Regimental colors (scarlet with a wide green center band) surmounted by a pair of crossed pewter bayonets and a green banner above with the word, "WARRIORS;" all surrounded by a wide black band with pewter spur-cut borders and the words, "2ND BATTALION 4TH INfANTRY" at the top and "4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM 10TH MOUNTAIN" at the bottom.

SIDE 2 - Similar in shape to Side 1 with the barrel device containing the Battalion Commander and Sergeant Major's insignias escorting a snake - all above the unit's motto, "noli me tangere" (loosely translated as "touch me not"). The ribbon banner above the barrel device contains the words "For Excellence" which indicates that the coin was intended for the command group to recognize superior performance.

From a US Army News Release datelined Fort Polk, Louisiana, 18 August 2014:

During the early morning hours of Aug. 18, 1971, a Chinook helicopter carrying 37 American Soldiers crashed near Pegnitz, Germany, just off the autobahn north of Nuremberg, Germany. The Soldiers were on their way to the Grafenwoehr Training Area, the largest training area in Europe, to conduct a live-fire training exercise. Of the dead, 33 Soldiers were from the Mortars Platoon, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, stationed at Kornwestheim, Germany. The four remaining Soldiers who died in the crash were the Chinook’s crew. On Aug. 18, 2014, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division held its first annual memorial to honor these fallen Soldiers on the tragic crash’s 43rd anniversary.