Commander’s Coin Design
In the military, high ranking officers and enlisted frequently have challenge coins made, which they give to soldiers who have gone above and beyond their duties. It’s an unofficial way to say thanks for a job well done. During my deployment to Kosovo, I redesigned three of those coins for the highest ranking soldiers of the Battle Group: the commander, the deputy commander, and the command sergeant major. The prior coins weren’t up to snuff, so I was approached to make better ones. General Design Flow: I receive the brief Initial sketches and designs are...
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I’ve had the opportunity to design & construct a lot of off-the-wall projects, but most have been for friends, family or fellow “creative” types. Very rarely do designers get free reign of a government project, especially when the military is involved. That’s why this monument project, designed for the U.S. Army and Kosovo Forces, was such a blast to work on! I spent most of 2011 deployed to Kosovo with NATO as a photojournalist and print designer. During my tenure there as print non-commissioned officer for Kosovo Forces 14, I was asked to design a final...
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