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Custom Masonic Challenge Coins

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The Challenge Coin Story

Custom Masonic Challenge Coins date back in history for several years.  The use of custom coins in America can be traced back to 1824 with Andrew Jackson for President Campaign Coins supporting this evidence. Its probably a good assumption to note that custom commemorative coins didn’t originate in that year.

This story of the challenge coin has been passed on through the Marines of World War one.

As the story goes, during WWI American volunteers joined the newly formed flying squadrons. And a wealthy lieutenant ordered some solid bronze medallions cast with the squadron emblem on them and gave them to every member of his squadron. The Lt. carried his medallion around his neck in a small leather sack.

Shortly after receiving the medallions, the lieutenant’s aircraft was shot down behind enemy lines and he was captured by the Germans..

The Germans took everything from him except for the coin which he managed to conceal from them.

After he was transported to a small French town near the front lines the lieutenant was able to escape during a bombing raid on the town. The Lt took some civilian clothes and got away.  He did not have anything to identify who he was.

Finaly the Lt. was able to reached the front lines after great difficulty, after crossing no-man's land and stumbled into a French outpost tired and hungry.

Unfortunately, the French solders in that area had been plagued by German spies, who sometimes wore civilian clothes. Not recognizing the Lt's American accent, the French officers thought he was a saboteur and was about to kill him.

The American  remembered his bronze medallion and just before they were about to shoot him he showed the medallion to his would-be executioners. The French captors immediately recognized the squadron insignia on the medallion, and gave the Lt. enough time to confirm his identity. Instead of shooting him, they gave him a bottle of red wine.

Eventually the Lt  made it back to his squadron, where it became a tradition to ensure all members carried their medallion or coin at all times.

After the war many solders became Masons and decided to adopt the challenge coin tradition and started designing coins with Masonic emblems. 

How to order Coins  

• Decide on a design for both sides

• Decide if the coin will be in 3 dimensions or 2 dimensions or a combination of both 

• Decide if diamond cut edges will be needed

• Decide on a finish, shiny, antique, shade

• Decide if color enamel will be applied and where

• Decide if  acrylic packaging is desired

• Decide how many coins will be ordered

• Decide how soon you need the coins in your hands

• Provide all this information to CNF Interactive for an itemized quote

• Submit quote along with payment to begin order process

• Final artwork approval will be required from all customers before production can begin.

Each Challenge coin order includes free custom-design artwork and approximately 30 day production time, with consideration for special holidays, and UPS shipping. Your high-quality, custom-created challenge coins should be shipped within 30 days from the date of your final artwork approval.

SAMPLE COINS DESIGNS

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