The following post appeared on the ARRSE Forum on the 12th June 2009, the response was overwhelming and the ARRSE Challenge Coin was born:-

We want to put this to the ARRSE Members before going ahead with it, our idea is to have something ongoing that will help Holidays For Heroes this time, many will know the History & concept of the military "Challenge Coin" (history pasted below), I worked for several years in Bosnia with a Vietnam Vet with 3 tours under his belt and a SEAL Team member, he told me the Challenge Coin has a history dating back to WWI but it really took off in Vietnam when guys were on their R&R in the likes of Bangkok and Walts were in abundance, everyone was in 'Special Forces'! so certain Units designed and had produced their own Unit coins complete with a coin number engraved on a small Scroll so when a member of the Unit was confronted by a Walt in a bar in Bangkok claiming he was in the same Special Forces Unit he would be confronted by a "Coin Challenge" and the Walt would be instantly outed...

We have made a design for an ARRSE Challenge Coin but want to put it to the ARRSE Members first to see if there is enough interest in such a coin to be used in any future Piss-Ups, a few details below (Design to follow shortly), the difference with the ARRSE Coin over any other coin is it will have the Rules on the reverse side together with the Coin Number.

The Coin would be carried in all future ARRSE Pi**-Ups and any other Pi**-Up/Re-Union where Members know each other and know if others have a coin also so they can be “Challenged”, the idea is to Auction the first 10 Coins, every coin will be numbered so the first 10 coins will be 001 – 010 and each will be auctioned separately with all proceedings going to Holiday for Heroes and all coins sold afterwards £3.00 will go direct to Holidays for Heroes from the Sale of EVERY Coin.

The front will have ARmy Rumour ServicE along the top of the coin, the ARRSE Mushroom figure in the middle and simply 'ARRSE' below the figure.

The Rules will be on the Reverse side along with a small scroll with the coin number engraved on it as well as www.arrse.co.uk underneath the Rules along the bottom edge of the coin.

BUY THEM HERE :- Online Shop

£3.00 per coin goes direct to Holidays 4 Heroes

 ORDER IN THE SHOP PAGE. PLEASE READ THE 'VIEW DETAILS' FULLY TO FIND OUT ABOUT DELIVERY DETAILS !!  THANKYOU ******* STOP PRESS ***********  Order a specific number, check the list on ARRSE.co.uk. Coins are £10 with £3 going to Hols4Heroes.