Okay, so I was cleaning out one of my bags from the deployment when I ran across this coin. It was given to me by the Battalion's Chaplain Assistant, SSG Renada Rozier. One of her missions during the deployment had been to clean out the chapel on COB Speicher and she found a whole roll of these coins. The coin is about the size of a United States 50-Cent piece. It is straight up silver in color with no other coloring on it. The outside edge is milled like a piece of currency. The obverse reads "AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM" and "BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS" with stars separating the word groups. There is an American eagle gracing the middle of the coin with a ribbon that reads LIBERTUS DONUM DEI and the words "PRAY, TRUST GOD, ISAIAH 41:10" appear above the eagle. The reverse of the coin is a little more ornate with the seal of the United States Army gracing the center surrounded by a circle of raised dots. The words "UNITED STATES ARMY" appear above the top of the seal. There are stars near the middle edge of the coin. The words "FAITH, COURAGE, STRENGTH, and VALOR encircle the bottom of the coin and are separated by dots.
SSG Rozier is a good friend of mine and when she gave me this coin, it meant a lot to me. I will always remember her dedication to duty and her ministry on my Battalion's Unit Ministry Team. Honestly, SSG Rozier made our Chaplain look really good. She was always hard at work doing something and she made a lot of things happen. She PCS'ed to Fort Gordon, Georgia not too long ago.
And now, I honestly have so many coins that I really need to get a new rack for all of my coins.
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I was given this same coin years ago. What is the name/title of this specific coin?
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