What goes on a military retirement coin?

Most military retirement coins pair the retiree’s identity with their service history. One side carries the unit crest, command insignia, or rank device; the other carries the retiree’s name, rate or rank, and the span of the career — often with the duty stations, deployments, or commands listed around the rim.

Traditional touches show up again and again: a retirement date beside the enlistment date, a branch motto, an anthem line, or the shadow-box framing a career’s final coin usually ends up in. Antique gold and antique silver are the most requested finishes because the recessed detail in a crest reads deeper on an antiqued face.

We design for every branch — see our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard pages for unit examples.

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