PUERTO RICO Challenge Coin 296 ARMY Mayaguez San German Cabo Rojo Sabana Grande

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RARA MEDALLA MILITAR DE
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LOS COCOROCOS
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1er Batallón
296 De Infanteria
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1997
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Elusive 1st Batallion 296 Infantry
PUERTO RICO NATIONAL GUARD
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ESPAÑOL:
Esta subasta es por una (
1
) rarísima medalla de la Guardia Nacional de Puerto Rico, premiada con error, hecha en niquel cromado (plata alemana) tamaño 38mm y 1 onza de peso, fechada 1997. Su anverso presenta el escudo de la unidad, mostrando la garita frente al mar, con la frase "Alerta Está" y rodeada del nombre de la unidad, y frase con la que se le conoce "Cuna de Generales". Su reverso muestra el Gallo de Pelea, símbolo de la unidad, y que le da nombre a sus miembros como "Los Cocorocos," rodeado de los pueblos que componen esta unidad: MAYAGUEZ, SAN GERMAN, CABO ROJO, Y SABANA GRANDE
. El error consiste en la palabra "SA
E
ANA" en vez de "SA
B
ANA" nombre del pueblo. Inmediatamente se supo del error, esta unidad mandó fabricar piezas nuevas sin errores, las que se fueron repartiendo con el paso de los años. Esta pieza premiada con error es la que quizá nadie conoce hasta ahora. Tuve la suerte de apropiarme del pequeño grupito remanente de estas maravillas, pocas a mano, !no lo deje pa cuando se acaben!
ENGLISH:
This auction is for one (1) hard to find Military Challenge Coin from 1997, it measures 38mm across, and 1 ounce of weight in German Silver chromed nickel finish. Its obverse shows the shield of the unit, with its Spanish sentry box overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, with the phrase in Spanish meaning "The unit is alert"
.  Its reverse shows a fighting cock, symbol of the unit, whose members call themselves, with the year 1997, and a circle of the towns directly impacted by the unit: Mayaguez, Cabo Rojo, San  German, and Sabana Grande, town whose name carries a grave misspelling error, because it has "Saeana" instead. This particular medal was made with the correction immediately after it got noticed. The good piece was given out over the years, while this error piece is the one no one ever knew of. I was fortunate to get hold of the very few pieces in existance, so don't delay, get yours while they are available!
HISTORY:
(From Wikipedia)
The 296th traces its history back to the
Spanish colonization of the Americas
as an infantry militia constituted on May 17, 1762 as part of the reorganization of the
Milicias Disciplinadas
(English: "Disciplined Militias") decreed by
Spain
. However, on February 12, 1870 the militia were reduced to
en cadre
until their disbandment in April 1898 after Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States.
Almost two decades after, on 1917 and at the brink of
World War I
, Puerto Ricans were granted
American citizenship
. Right after, the
President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
requested the
United States Army
to include Puerto Ricans on
the draft
. At the time, the United States Army was
segregated
, and
, in order to assign more than 18,000 Puerto Ricans that enlisted or were drafted into the Army for the war effort, the Army created an infantry regiment and the Puerto Rico Voluntary Infantry. The regiment was merely a reconstitution of the disbanded Spanish-era militia as an infantry regiment assigned to the
Puerto Rico National Guard
on April 12, 1917. Two years later, this freshly created regiment was designated as the 1st Infantry Regiment on July 19, 1919. Several years later, somewhen between July 9 and September 13 of 1922, the Puerto Rico National Guard established a new battalion and called it the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment. It is this battalion that gives birth to the 296th as a few months later after being established it was renamed as the 1st Battalion, 296th Infantry Regiment (1-296) on December 26, 1922. A few weeks after, on January 23, 1923, the aforementioned 1st Infantry Regiment was renamed as the
295th Infantry Regiment
. This series of events would establish a long parallel history between the 295th and the 296th infantry regiments.
Diagram showing the split of the 295th into the 296th
while the 296th becomes the 295th.
On June 1, 1936 a set of confusing changes takes place. First, the 1st Battalion of the 295th Infantry Regiment (1-295) is split into two battalions in order to form the 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion of the 295th Infantry Regiment (1-295 & 2-295). However, these two battalions (1-295 & 2-295) become the 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion of the 296th Infantry Regiment (1-296 & 2-296) while simultaneously the
pre-existing
1st Battalion of the 296th (1-296) becomes the 1st Battalion of the 295th Infantry Regiment (1-295).
Between the 18 and the 25 of August 1940, the regiment received its 3rd Battalion (3-296). After such establishment, on August 25, 1940, the 296th, together with the 295th, formed the new 92nd Infantry Brigade. A few years later, the Puerto Rico Voluntary Infantry —now called the
65th Infantry Regiment
— was deployed to Europe in
World War II
while the 296th deployed to
the Pacific
somewhen after October 15, 1940 or July 24, 1942.
After WWII, the 296th simply served as the sister National Guard regiment of the 65th Infantry Regiment. With the outbreak of the
Korean War
in June 1950, the 65th Infantry Regiment was ordered to Korea. While the 65th Infantry Regiment was on its way, the 296th was
mobilized
on September 14, 1952 so that it could provide replacements to its sister company deployed in Korea, like many other National Guards did.
The regiment then suffered a series of mobilizations, inactivations, and reorganizations that ultimately dissolved it as a regiment on May 1, 1964. The regiment was simply reorganized as two battalions of the 92nd Infantry Brigade on that date although they maintained their names without an administrative hierarchy as a regiment. Finally, on December 31, 1967 the battalions were reorganized as a single battalion of the 92nd Infantry Brigade. This brigade, in turn, was eventually reorganized as the
92nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
(92nd MEB) of which the 1st Battalion, 296th Infantry Regiment (1-296) is still part of. The battalion, however, has been allocated at times to the
101st Troop Command
when it is needed as a battalion somewhere else without the MEB being deployed with it.
Most recently, the 1st Battalion, 296th Infantry Regiment was deployed in 2002 in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom
as part of the
Global War on Terrorism
. It also deployed to the
Iraq War
while attached to the
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
.
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