kfields Posted April 28, 2008 Share #26 Posted April 28, 2008 A nice one. The Army used these too in the WWI timeframe. Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert60446 Posted April 28, 2008 Share #27 Posted April 28, 2008 There you go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share #28 Posted April 28, 2008 the card definately makes the piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert60446 Posted April 28, 2008 Share #29 Posted April 28, 2008 Brig, It was still in the original cellophane, but it was all tear up…anyhow, I can’t complain… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share #30 Posted February 21, 2009 here's a Pistol SER marked badge that I think is also shortly after the design changes of 1958... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly USMC Posted February 27, 2009 Share #31 Posted February 27, 2009 If I'm not mistaken, the 1/20th silver filled varients came out in the late 1960s or early 1970s and were used through the mid 1980s. In 1988 when I went to bootcamp, there were not any with silver content to be had at the PX. Many of the private purchase shooting badges that were just post 1958 were sterling, but I think that these were phased out around the time when Vietnam was winding down. I have some dated versions of the expert badges that I will take pictures of one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted March 19, 2009 Share #32 Posted March 19, 2009 Here are some of my marksmanship badged. I believe they're all Marine but am not an expert and some could be Army or dual-use. Top one is front and back of two expert pistol badges. Both have "C" clasps. At bottom is another virtually identical to the top two. I didn't want to remove it from the uniform but the back looks just like the top two. I haven't dug into these all that deeply yet and am not sure of the vintage on most of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share #33 Posted April 18, 2009 here's a nice multi-piece pistol expert badge marked H&H. I've seen two others like it, but both were also marked sterling and went a bit high. I'm thinking it's WWII. any agreement? nice piece over all, probably soldered, no pins attached Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly USMC Posted April 18, 2009 Share #34 Posted April 18, 2009 here's a nice multi-piece pistol expert badge marked H&H. I've seen two others like it, but both were also marked sterling and went a bit high. I'm thinking it's WWII. any agreement? nice piece over all, probably soldered, no pins attached I would agree with that. Nice badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share #35 Posted April 18, 2009 I'm a big fan of the multi-construction badges...esp the earlier ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian e Posted April 19, 2009 Share #36 Posted April 19, 2009 here's a nice multi-piece pistol expert badge marked H&H. I've seen two others like it, but both were also marked sterling and went a bit high. I'm thinking it's WWII. any agreement? nice piece over all, probably soldered, no pins attached heres mine the front is the same but the back differs the catch is like a tiffany catch one of the funky ones and its marked sterling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightpath Posted January 7, 2013 Share #37 Posted January 7, 2013 I picked this pistol expert badge up for $15.90, it is mounted on the same Gemsco card as in Robert's post #184 with the same Gemsco number 70204, but mine is marked 'U.S.Army'.What would this mean as far as dates go, would this make it from the 1924 - 1937 period?Cheers,-John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share #38 Posted January 8, 2013 no...during that period the USMC used the Army style badge, these weren't used. Why the Army mark, I don't know. Around WWI and prior, the Army National Guard used USMC style badges in a gold finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightpath Posted January 8, 2013 Share #39 Posted January 8, 2013 Oh yeah, that's right, just for future collectors maybe I'll remove the badge from the card and put a note on the card that it had the USMC award on it. So even Gemsco can lead the collector astray! Still, a nice pistol expert award for $15.90, what year would you say if you would date it by the card? cheers, -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share #40 Posted January 8, 2013 Price was definitely right...not sure on the date of the card, to be honest...WWII and onward perhaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share #41 Posted February 24, 2013 Casting die for Pistol Expert top bar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted February 24, 2013 Share #42 Posted February 24, 2013 Casting die for Pistol Expert top bar... This is really cool! .....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardheaded Posted October 25, 2015 Share #43 Posted October 25, 2015 Picked this badge up today. I was searching the forum and figured it would fit in here. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted December 23, 2015 Share #44 Posted December 23, 2015 I have the same one. What era are these with the Meyer shield? Thanks, Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share #45 Posted December 26, 2015 Likely WWII, the shield is correct for the 40's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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