06/06/2025
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“Challenge Coin”
Walaupun sering dikaitkan sebagai tradisi Amerika Syarikat, challenge coin turut dipraktikkan seluruh dunia biasanya dalam konteks ketenteraan atau pertahanan, termasuk Malaysia. Challenge coin biasanya merupakan syiling kecil yang mewakili pencapaian, keahlian ataupun pertalian kepada pasukan, misi ataupun pemimpin spesifik. Coin ditukar ataupun diberikan dan membawa maksud yang besar bagi mereka yang menerimanya. Menurut DOD, tradisi ini wujud sejak lebih seabad, dengan pelbagai cerita tentang asal-usulnya. Mungkin boleh baca lebih di sini, https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/article/2567302/the-challenge-coin-tradition-do-you-know-how-it-started/
Dalam gambar-gambar ini, Mejar Kalimi dari Rejimen Artileri Diraja menerima challenge coin yang diberikan untuk kecemerlangan dari Mejar Jeneral Brian Eifler, panglima 11th Airborne Division pada waktu itu.
Though commonly an American tradition, challenge coins have spread across the world in military or defence contexts including Malaysia. Typically challenge coins are a small medallion representing an achievement, membership or affiliation to a specific group, missions or even leaders. Coins are exchanged or given and have great significance to those receiving them. According to the DOD, they have been an American tradition for over one century, with various stories on its origins. More can be read here, https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/article/2567302/the-challenge-coin-tradition-do-you-know-how-it-started/.
In these photos, Major Kalimi of the Royal Artillery Regiment received a challenge coin presented for excellence from then-Major General Brian Eifler, Commanding General of the 11th Airborne Division.
