USMC Marksmanship Competition Badges

[Fromthepastcollections]

I have a large group to a sergeant major Walter E Fletcher with over 200 of the regional/national match medals and a ton of other miscellaneous locations and competitions.

Now the thing that im hoping someone can help me with is locating his distinguished rifle and pistol badges as they were sold off sometime before I got the group. 
If anyone has any info please reach out and enjoy the photos! 

[kfields]

Here are a group of seven shooting competition medals awarded to Byrle Williby. All are engraved to B. Williby and dates from 1929 - 1939. I don't think I ever really displayed these very well in the past so so here goes.

The Dogtags belonged to his brother (Army officer) so I included them in the shadow box displays: unfortunately no 14K gold-Haha!

[kfields]

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[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Great grouping Kim!  Let me know when it needs a new home hahaha

[aactionjim]

On 11/13/2022 at 1:45 PM, Fromthepastcollections said:

I have a large group to a sergeant major Walter E Fletcher with over 200 of the regional/national match medals and a ton of other miscellaneous locations and competitions.

Now the thing that im hoping someone can help me with is locating his distinguished rifle and pistol badges as they were sold off sometime before I got the group. 
If anyone has any info please reach out and enjoy the photos! 

I Finally got a new computer and now can see everything and write. Very nice collection. Hit me up if you want to exchange note's 

[aactionjim]

On 1/14/2023 at 1:53 PM, aactionjim said:

I Finally got a new computer and now can see everything and write. Very nice collection. Hit me up if you want to exchange note's 

 

On 11/13/2022 at 1:45 PM, Fromthepastcollections said:

I have a large group to a sergeant major Walter E Fletcher with over 200 of the regional/national match medals and a ton of other miscellaneous locations and competitions.

Now the thing that im hoping someone can help me with is locating his distinguished rifle and pistol badges as they were sold off sometime before I got the group. 
If anyone has any info please reach out and enjoy the photos! 

His distinguished rifle was won in 1949 and pistol was1939

Regards

Jim

 

[jmpmstr]

My most recent additions, no research done...but they are shiny so I like them

 

[aactionjim]

On 12/20/2023 at 3:56 PM, jmpmstr said:

My most recent additions, no research done...but they are shiny so I like them

 

Lets compare

 

[aactionjim]

On 11/19/2022 at 4:15 PM, kfields said:

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I knew I had a medal the same year as yours,

[kfields]

That's pretty cool! You and I probably have one of the few surviving medals from that year!

19 hours ago, aactionjim said:

I knew I had a medal the same year as yours,

 

[aactionjim]

21 hours ago, kfields said:

That's pretty cool! You and I probably have one of the few surviving medals from that year!

 

I also have another one like his. 

[aactionjim]

Heres the other one.

[kfields]

Gorgeous medals! Is it by any chance named?

12 hours ago, aactionjim said:

Heres the other one.

 

[aactionjim]

On 10/13/2025 at 5:15 AM, kfields said:

Gorgeous medals! Is it by any chance named?

 

No name. 

[aactionjim]

On 10/13/2025 at 5:15 AM, kfields said:

Gorgeous medals! Is it by any chance named?

 

I was looking at your distinguished for Williby  and it's marked bronze. That is interesting, You would have thought it would be some K gold.  

[kfields]

Yeah that's probably one reason why the group only cost me $600 - no gold! 😂 

Seriously though I wonder if financial issues related to the Great Depression was a cause of making the medal out of a less valuable metal.

5 hours ago, aactionjim said:

I was looking at your distinguished for Williby  and it's marked bronze. That is interesting, You would have thought it would be some K gold.  

 

[aactionjim]

10 hours ago, kfields said:

Yeah that's probably one reason why the group only cost me $600 - no gold! 😂 

Seriously though I wonder if financial issues related to the Great Depression was a cause of making the medal out of a less valuable metal.

 

The story I got was back in the day when the military guys were wearing the gold medals certain assholes would start a fight and when it would get going they would snatch  the medals and run. So a lot of the guys would have them made out of bronze and wear those and not worry about losing the real gold. I have a few that are not even marked but are 18K,

[AndySchutz]

On 2/20/2009 at 9:38 AM, craig_pickrall said:

 

[AndySchutz]

Ray was my first instructor for a rifle, many years ago, I would be very interested in buying his medals as well as any Providence that it comes with.