BADGE COLLECTOR: USCG "NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE"

Thursday, October 3, 2024

USCG "NATIONAL STRIKE FORCE"

I have never posted a picture of a Challenge Coin before so this will be my first article, only because it is Very Special.

This coin was given to me by my grandson. Zachary is a member of the Coast Guard "Gulf Strike Team" stationed at Mobile Bay, Alabama. He has been in the Coast Guard 7 years now. Great for him and his family. I hope He makes a career of it.

He knows my interest over the last 55 years, plus or minus (mostly plus) is NJ Police Badges, but introduced me to Challenge Coins a couple of years ago. I only have a few and will be happy to place this one on display so I can throw a salute at it every day.

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ORIGIN OF MY COLLECTION

1967 was the year of the Newark Riots. My Dad was a Newark Detective near the end of his career; and I was just beginning a career as a Probation Officer. Shortly after the riots my Dad gave me a couple of badges he acquired over the years. They sat around in a desk drawer for a couple of years. Eventually I put them on a shelf - never knowing that this was the beginning of my collection. My father died in 1974 leaving me his retirement detective shield. The word "Retired" had been put in the number panel. He didn't like that and knocked it off. He had the original number put back, but this was absolutely "no work of art." None the less I am proud to have it. It stands today "under glass" in my den along with other items from Newark and other NJ communities. I have been "The" Badge Collector ever since (50+ years).

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