As long as we are at this, I'll piggyback with a question asked of me.
At a recent funeral for a soldier killed in Iraq, the Honor Guard was folding the flag and, just before the last fold and tucking it in, they inserted two metal discs (maybe coins). Has anyone ever seen this before?
I'm not familiar with this. I do not remember anything being inserted in the flag presented to the family when I was doing funeral detail at Ft. Knox, KY in 1974. The flag was folded and presented to the family. If I find anything about this I will post it here.