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Challenge Coin - United States Department Of Defense
| Location | United States |
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| Composition | Gilt bronze |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the official Seal of the Department of Defense in high relief at center, depicting a spread eagle with wings raised, holding crossed arrows, surrounded by a wreath, with radiating sunburst lines in the background. The circular legend is set against a dark enameled band, and the pentagonal field surrounding the seal is decorated with a geometric Art Deco-style radiating border pattern in gilt. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays four color-enameled roundels representing the seals of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force arranged around a central field, with a relief depiction of the Pentagon building at the bottom. Branch names appear as raised legends along the edges of the pentagonal field, and the word PENTAGON is inscribed along the lower border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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