Product code: 1st Ranger Battalion Army Military Challenge Coin Special deals Operations 75 Regiment
Distributed between Just Cause Operation December 1989 through March, 2003. The Ranger insignia is a shield with four cantons. A red lightning bolt goes from the upper right canton to the lower left canton. These two cantons have a green background. The upper left canton has a 12 pointed white sun on a blue background. The edging on the sun includes a central circle with the rays coming out like spokes. The lower right canton has a five pointed white star on a blue background. The deals 12 pointed sun is the Sun symbol from the Chinese Nationalist Flag and represents the unit's close cooperation with the Chinese forces in the China-Burma-India Theater. The five-point star represents the Star of Burma. The lightning bolt is symbolic of behind-the-lines strikes, a specialty of the Rangers. "GRENADA . PANAMA". MYITKYINA MESSINA OMAHA BEACH". The next banner down says "KOREA . VIETNAM". "1ST RANGER BN bottom banner says "MERRILL'S MARAUDERS", nickname applying to all rangers.
Distributed between Just Cause Operation December 1989 through March, 2003. The Ranger insignia is a shield with four cantons. A red lightning bolt goes from the upper right canton to the lower left canton. These two cantons have a green background. The upper left canton has a 12 pointed white sun on a blue background. The edging on the sun includes a central circle with the rays coming out like spokes. The lower right canton has a five pointed white star on a blue background. The deals 12 pointed sun is the Sun symbol from the Chinese Nationalist Flag and represents the unit's close cooperation with the Chinese forces in the China-Burma-India Theater. The five-point star represents the Star of Burma. The lightning bolt is symbolic of behind-the-lines strikes, a specialty of the Rangers. "GRENADA . PANAMA". MYITKYINA MESSINA OMAHA BEACH". The next banner down says "KOREA . VIETNAM". "1ST RANGER BN bottom banner says "MERRILL'S MARAUDERS", nickname applying to all rangers.