Round shaped coin pewter in color, 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III Corps
  • SPC Kelsey
  • 1st Infantry Division
  • 2nd Battalion 2nd Infantry Regiment
Location
Coin Location: 5F11
Homebase: Fort Riley, Kansas
Deployment: Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C004077

Location: 5F11

Coin: Individual

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Narrative

Round shaped coin pewter in color, 1 3/4 inches in diameter.

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The 2nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army that has served for more than two hundred years. Since the formation of the original 2nd Infantry Regiment in 1791, an active unit bearing the name "2nd Infantry" has served under every president from President George Washington until the present.

(See the 2nd Infantry Regiment coin at Catalog Number C001361 for an account of the origin of the nickname, Ramrod.)