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Coin is engineer castle shaped with a wide ribbon banner above and a rectangular banner below, antique brass in color, 1 3/4 inches high and 2 inches wide.

SIDE 1 - A white skull facing forward with black detail over crossed yellow lightning flashes outlined in gray, over a red engineer castle with black and gold detail, a wide red ribbon banner above with the word, "Sapper" in gold letters, and a rectangular banner below with the words, "97th Sapper Co" in gold letters, all outlined with a narrow gold border.

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Journal - Page 107 - Line 28 927th Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion (927th Engr.;769th Engr.)

From a news article in the Times-Piayunne, New Orleans, dated 14 August 2014:

After spending months in Afghanistan, helping ensure roads were clear of hidden bombs, about 100 Louisiana National Guard soldiers are back in the United States. The soldiers of the Baton Rouge-based 927th Engineer Company arrived Thursday at Fort Bliss, Texas, for demobilization training before they're allowed to return home, according to a post on the Louisiana National Guard's Facebook page.

The company is a unit in the 769th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Baton Rouge. Known as a "sapper" unit, the 927th specializes in not only searching for and clearing roadside bombs but disposing of them.