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law enforcement challenge coins
law enforcement challenge coins
The French mistook the law enforcement challenge coins American pilot for a German saboteur and immediately prepared to execute him. Desperate to prove his allegiance and without any identification, the pilot pulled out the coin from his leather pouch and showed it to his French captors. One of the Frenchmen recognized the unit insignia on the coin and delayed the execution long enough to confirm the pilot's identity.One of the Frenchmen recognized the unit insignia on the coin and delayed the execution long enough to confirm the pilot's identity.