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Posted: 15 Jan 2023

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HNDGS-challenge coin

HNDGS-challenge coin
Challenge Coin of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (2021).

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 GrahamH
GrahamH club
Why is the writing in English rather than Greek?
15 months ago.
SV1XV club has replied to GrahamH club
Because it is usually given to visiting Americans in exchange of their own. The tradition of military challenge coins does not exist in Greece.
15 months ago. Edited 15 months ago.
GrahamH club has replied to SV1XV club
Thanks. I'd never heard of these.

www.medalsofamerica.com/blog/a-brief-look-at-the-history-of-challenge-coins-in-the-military
15 months ago. Edited 15 months ago.
SV1XV club has replied to GrahamH club
Of course there is an excellent article on the subject in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin
15 months ago.

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