Anyone seen these....

Capt Rivera · May 09, 2007, 08:35:15 PM

http://www.nwtmint.com/store/index.php?mod=category&id_ctg=144

anybody have one?

JC004 · May 09, 2007, 08:44:38 PM

I've seen them...don't have one. Get the USAF Auxiliary command patches while they're hot.

mikeylikey · May 09, 2007, 08:50:19 PM

Yup...got one of them when the Wing did an order about 3 years ago. It has been the only thing Wing has given me other than a headache and hemorrhoids.

Al Sayre · May 09, 2007, 09:01:07 PM

I see them on ebay regularly

JC004 · May 09, 2007, 10:09:20 PM

Quote from: mikeylikey on May 09, 2007, 08:50:19 PM
...It has been the only thing Wing has given me other than a headache and hemorrhoids.

You too?

Eclipse · May 09, 2007, 10:56:32 PM

Considering the 60th anniversary was 5 years ago, these are old news.

We presented them as tokens to honor cadets for ILWG Spring Encampment in 2004 before we
started having our own coins minted.

I gave the aux shield to the cadet commander this year as a personal gift from me, but as mentioned eBay is usually cheaper for these.

We >did< do a few engraved coins this year from NWT because their engraving is dirt cheap and fast.

Everything we do now beyond that is custom minted out of Incirlik, Turkey.

Becks · May 09, 2007, 11:05:25 PM

Yup I bought and gave out a couple of

Eclipse · May 10, 2007, 02:42:02 AM

Quote from: Becks on May 09, 2007, 11:05:25 PM
Yup I bought and gave out a couple of

These are especially cool because they are the "right" majcom...

ddelaney103 · May 10, 2007, 03:14:19 AM

I got the coaster for my work desk - they were selling them at the Pentagon.

LTC_Gadget · May 10, 2007, 04:38:29 AM

Gee, I didn't see a statement of license from CAP on them. Once someone from NHQ figures out they're not getting a cut, the company will either get a C&D letter, or a visit from the black ~~helicopters~~ van...

V/R,

JC004 · May 10, 2007, 04:56:24 AM

Quote from: LTC_Gadget on May 10, 2007, 04:38:29 AM
Gee, I didn't see a statement of license from CAP on them. Once someone from NHQ figures out they're not getting a cut, the company will either get a C&D letter, or a visit from the black ~~helicopters~~ van...

V/R,

I belieeeeve this was on the back of the magazine a while back. If it was indeed, I bet they're aware (although not guaranteed - you know how it is at S Hansell Street

).

CadetProgramGuy · May 10, 2007, 05:51:30 AM

I have one of the brass antique and one merlin gold.

alamrcn · May 11, 2007, 07:14:03 PM

Man, I'm glad I collect patches and not coins - one of each would seriously put a hole in the pocket!

There was a nice article on CAP commemorative and challange coins in the November-December 2006 issue of Volunteer Magazine, with comments from the National Archives Curator, Lt Col Bill Schell Jr.

The earliest I remember seeing CAP coins was when Gen Anderson gave a couple of the new commander's coins out at the first National Blue Beret in 1995. He wasn't able to actually make it, but a representative presented them to the lucky few.

Other than coins and patches, what other "tokens" have been awarded in CAP? The infamous "swagger stick" comes to mind right away... but I don't want to be a thred troll and start an arguement about them.

- Ace