special operations forces civil affairs regiment medal

[stuka f]

could anyone enlight me and tell me to who these medals were given....?
The picture shows the both sides of the medal!
Thanks
|<ris

[CampX]

I don't know who they are, but this looks like a challenge coin to me.

Dean O
Ajax Canada

[stuka f]

When googeling "challenge coin", it says;
....blalbla..."They are also exchanged in recognition of visits to an organization"
so that could very well make sence!
Thanks it helped a lot!
cheers
|<ris

[Chopperman]

Challenge coin for US Army Civil Affairs Regiment.

You might try starting your search here---
A Brief History » Civil Affairs Association

[CampX]

Well in Canada a challenge coin is different, they are numbered and registered to you! When you go into a wet mess, anyone can "Challenge" you to see the coin, if you are not carrying it, you owe EVERYONE in the mess a drink, if you have it and show it, the person that has "Challenged" you, owes you and only you a drink.
Guess it works differently in different Counties, I still have mine!!!

Dean O
Ajax Canada

[stuka f]

I have one too! Now!!
;-)
|<ris

[CampX]

Mine was erned not bought.

Dean
Ajax Canad

[stuka f]

I wished I knew how it ended up where I found it!!
It came a long with other medals found in a house clearence in Belgium.
Together with a picture of what seems to be a Belgian pilot of the II GROUPE 3th Escadrille I am trying to identify....

[stuka f]

...and I got him!
He was Robert Hubertus, a pilot and the son of Hubertus Reginald, a senior officer who faught WWI with the Belgian trench artillery.
And earned the medals one can see on the second picture.
Unfortunatly Robert died in a crash in 1936 and probably got the Leopold order posthumly.
Fairey Fox O-35 te Elewijt - Robert Hubertus en Roger Billen | Luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be | Historie Vliegtuigen, piloten, incidenten, locaties | Vliegtuig geschiedenis
And his father the man in the middle;