You've probably heard the story. A wealthy WWI pilot commissions bronze medallions for his squadron. He's shot down behind enemy lines. He's saved from execution because a French soldier recognizes the coin in his pocket. It's the story nearly every coin company tells. Even the biggest names in the industry admit, if you read the fine print, that nobody can actually verify it happened. No unit is named. No coin has ever surfaced. Military archivists who searched WWI-era recor