C004917

Round shaped coin, antique pewter in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

SIDE 1 - Technical Sergeant insignia of rank center with an unmarked ribbon banner below and, "TECHNICAL SERGEANT" along the upper edge; all within a narrow border.

SIDE 2 - Seal of the US Department of the Air Force,

SYMBOLISM:

- The shield colors represent white clouds in a blue sky.

- At the center, a "Jupitor's Thunderbolt" with wings surrounded by

multiple lightning flashes.

- The eagle is the symbol of the United States.

- The thirteen stars represent the original thirteen colonies.

- MCMXLII represents 1947, the year the Air Force was established

Technical Sergeant, commonly shortened to "Tech Sergeant" in a somewhat informal parlance, is the sixth enlisted rank (pay grade E-6) in the U.S. Air Force, just above staff sergeant and below master sergeant. A technical sergeant is a noncommissioned officer and abbreviated as TSgt (with no period in official USAF and other military correspondence). Official terms of address are "Technical Sergeant" or "Sergeant", although many use "Tech Sergeant".