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Station Sandy Hook – United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 2

Published June 1st, 2011 in Coast Guard Challenge Coins | No Comments »

Station Sandy Hook is one of the most popular life – saving stations and one of the original ones. It was built in 1848 one – half mile south of point of Hook at a site on bay side. This site was change many times as the years passed by because of the change in land or request of the War Department that owned the land. Just like in 1882, the position was said to be east of the main light then it was later rebui

USCG Station Wrightsville Beach – Always Ready Challenge Coin

Published May 27th, 2011 in Coast Guard Challenge Coins | No Comments »

A 1.5″ round challenge coin was recently minted out exclusively by U.S. Challenge Coins. This coin called the USCG Wrightsville Beach Station has an antique finish with raised and painted details on both sides of the coin. It has a rope edging without epoxy. This USCG Wrightsville Beach Station token has its roots in piracy with the American Revolution having its roots in what the colonists thought as unfair

MESD-231 PSU-312 Challenge Coin

Published May 27th, 2011 in Coast Guard Challenge Coins | No Comments »

The Maritime Expeditionary Security Detachment 231 is a naval unit of the United States Navy while Port Security Unit 312 is a unit of the Deployable Operation Group. The Navy and the Coast Guard had been working together in joint forces and goes as far back as the 18th century. The United States Coast Guard Maritime Expeditionary Security (MESD-231) and Port Security Unit (PSU-312) is a 2.25″ round challeng

Guardians of the Eerie Islands Challenge Coin

Published May 27th, 2011 in Coast Guard Challenge Coins | No Comments »

The Marblehead Lifeboat Station was created on June 20, 1874. It is located on the shore of Lake Erie in Northern Ohio and officially opened on September 1876 with Lucien M. Clemons being its first keeper. A new station was built by the year 1921 and plans of enlarging the facilities are going on in order to accommodate the growing number of crewmen. The winters of 1870 – 1871 brought about numerous fatal disaste

Coast Guard Tall Eagle – The Prize of War

Published May 27th, 2011 in Coast Guard Challenge Coins | No Comments »

Eagle is the seventh ship to bear the name in the long line of proud cutters dating back in 1792 that had continuous seagoing services. It was commissioned two years after the formation of the Revenue Marine the forefather of today’s United States Coast Guard. It was built in 1936 by the Blohm & Voss Shipyard in Hamburg Germany as a training vessel for German Navy cadets and was commissioned Horst Wessel ser