Comm Squadron Coin

Here is one of my current projects. It is a design for the 419th Communications Squadron at Hill AFB. The squadron doesn't currently have a logo and the First Sergeant approachd me to see if I could come up with some Ideas. This is the first.

So you get a huge antenna with lighting bolts coming out of the top with aglobe in the background. The ribbon in front is almost a standard on most unit logos and patches. The motto "No Comm, No Bomb" was the first appropriate one the unit could come up with. I don't know if that will stick.

When designing these logos it was important for me to remember that not only will this be used on a coin (about 1 and 1/2 inches in diameter) but it could also be used in patches or be screen printed on shirts. So one of the keys is to keep it simple.

The Second design Replaces the tower with a gauntlet. There is an actual communication's logo that has a gauntlet with lightning coming out of it, raking a globe. That is where tis idea came from. I also moved the globe down so I could fit more of the gauntlet on the coin. I'm not sure about the colors.

This Third design replaces the comm tower with a medevail tower. Many military logos use old motifs and imagry to represent their units. With the soldier sometimes considered the world's second oldest proffesion it is easy to see how these military professionals tend to connect with these kinds of designs. The Fist is still incorporated in this image.

A third gauntlet design has also been suggested withit in more of a thirds view. My feeling is that such a design would draw us too close to the already mentioned "raking" logo.

A coin back is also being designed but It will probably just use the Wing logo.