Hand Poured 999 Silver Bullion Bar "10th Mountain Division" Camp Hale Fort Drum

Description: These silver bars are minted by North American Prospector, who is a Colorado native and US Army Veteran of the 10th Mountain Division. These silver bars were produced specifically to honor the 10th Mountain Division. Each silver bar is hand made, pounded into shape, and hand stamped. Our silver bars contain 10 grams (0.32 troy ounces) of .999 fine silver. Each bar has a unique and distressed look to it that is sure to impress collectors of all types. These silver bars make great gifts, can be used as challenge coins, and are a great investment. Dimensions: 1 1/4" x 1/2" (+/-) as each bar varies. Buy It Now Price is for one (1) 10-gram (0.32 troy ounces) Hand Poured .999 Fine Silver Bar. History of the 10th Mountain Division The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division in the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. Formerly designated as a mountain warfare unit, the division was the only one of its size in the US military to receive specialized training for fighting in mountainous conditions. More recently, the 10th Mountain has been conducting operations in Iraq and Syria advising and assisting Iraqi Security Forces and People's Defense Units.Originally activated as the 10th Light Division (Alpine) in 1943, the division was re-designated the 10th Mountain Division in 1944 and fought in the mountains of Italy in some of the roughest terrain in World War II. On 5 May 1945, the division reached Nauders, Austria, just beyond the Reschen Pass, where it made contact with German forces being pushed south by the U.S. Seventh Army. A status quo was maintained until the enemy headquarters involved had completed their surrender to the Seventh. On 6 May, 10th Mountain troops met the 44th Infantry Division of Seventh Army.[2]Following the war, the division was deactivated, only to be reactivated and re-designated as the 10th Infantry Division in 1948. The division first acted as a training division and, in 1954, was converted to a full combat division and sent to Germany before being deactivated again in 1958.Reactivated again in 1985, the division was designated the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) to historically tie it to the World War II division and to also better describe its modern disposition. Since its reactivation, the division or elements of the division have deployed numerous times. The division has participated in Operation Desert Storm (Saudi Arabia), Hurricane Andrew disaster relief (Homestead, Florida), Operation Restore Hope and Operation Continue Hope (Somalia), Operation Uphold Democracy (Haiti), Operation Joint Forge (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Operation Joint Guardian (Kosovo), and several deployments as part of the Multinational Force and Observers (Sinai Peninsula).Since 2002, the 10th Mountain Division has been the most deployed regular Army unit.[3] Its combat brigades have seen over 20 deployments, to both Iraq and Afghanistan, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

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