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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 2522069, member: 29643&quot;]How is it a case of stolen valor? OP bought the challenge coins as a lot... meaning they likely weren&#039;t purchased from the individual(s) who received the coins, as there were 40 of them. OP then took the time to sort and price the coins and earned a profit for doing so. How is that war profiteering?</p><p><br /></p><p>My friend, who sells scopes, goggles, and vests to multiple nations at war with one another in S.E.A. is a war profiteer, and he&#039;s pretty vocal and proud of it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While the Appellate Courts determined that wearing unearned medals is a form of free speech, the consensus is that doing so is in poor taste. As for display of challenge coins, I don&#039;t think I can agree. My understanding of challenge coins is that the unit command will award the coins for being a part of the command... or for acts that are deemed positive. Essentially, they exist to reward service members for actions that aren&#039;t award eligible. Generally speaking, no one has any idea how or why a specific coin was awarded except for the recipient and the giver. There are no official documents or guidelines for award of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, to bring my post back to the overall theme of the site, I picked this up at a Salvation Army. I bought it because I thought the emblem looked cool, and the challenge coin just happens to be a part of the display. I can&#039;t display it myself, as it is a personal gift to someone who isn&#039;t me... but I like to look at it occasionally, and it connects to where I live.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]537898[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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