Roberts Ridge Limited Edition Challenge Coin

Roberts Ridge Limited Edition Challenge Coin

Honoring those who gave their lives in Roberts Ridge.

These are being sold to raise money for The Roberts Ridge Foundation. 

Began The Roberts Ridge Foundation this past year as an effort along with The Benjamin Foundation and Fallen Hero Bracelets (two other nonprofit organizations which work towards other efforts) to work towards raising money for the children of soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. This foundation is focused in offer financial assistance to the children of soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. As stated we are still in our infancy, but our hope at this time is to be able to offer help through scholarships for college, or other educational purposes, financial aid for medical procedures, and simply to be able to provide the children of fallen heroes the benefits of being able to fulfill their wishes and dreams while recognizing the pivotal role that those heroic figures played not only in their lives, but in our nation's history. The goal is to NEVER FORGET.

The front of this coin has the St. Hubertus symbol commonly worn by Pararescue Jumpers (PJs). The Roberts Ridge Foundation was formed in honor of SrA Jason Cunningham, a USAF PJ who revitalized the entire school of thought on Pararescue Jumping by bringing blood into the combat zone. The Roberts Ridge Foundation honors and memorializes all seven of the heroes lost at Takur Ghar, but given Cunningham's PJ status, the symbolic focus of the challenge coin has been centered on the Pararescue Jumper, to which they adopted the motto of the Pararescue Jumper "That Others May Live" and the St. Hubertus Symbol.

The back of the coin provides detailed images of the units involved at Roberts Ridge, from which all seven heroes perished. It also provides the names of all seven heroes. These are a limited edition run.

Used in the field by many PJ's, this coin shows the St. Hubertus image. Saint Hubert was widely venerated in the Middle Ages and partly because of his noble birth several military orders were named after him: the Bavarian, the Bohemian and that of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne. Also, this patch shows the world famous logo of the Jägermeister herbal liquor (well venerated by the troops as well!), but perhaps the real meaning reveals the ¨Crusader¨ or ¨Infidel¨ meaning hidden on the cross.

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