C004758

Round shaped coin, antique pewter in color, 1 5/8 inches in diameter.

1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Regiment (1-507th Parachute; US Army Parachute School)

During World War II, the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (507th PIR) was a regiment of the 82d Airborne Division and, later, 17th Airborne Division of the United States Army. The unit was deactivated after the war (1945) and briefly re-activated in the late 1940s, then again in 1985. On 23 October 1985, it was reorganized and redesignated as the 507th Infantry, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. The 1st Battalion serves as the training unit for the US Army Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia