hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Share #1 Posted November 11, 2008 SEMPER FIDELIS! Some of the most interesting chevrons are those of the United States Marine Corps that come in different colours on mostly scarlet-red backgrounds, except for those on khaki/suntan. The earlier chevrons without the crossed rifles seem to be elisuve and one of the most highly sought after chevrons, especially those of the 1920s when the Marine Corps came out with many different chevrons with various specialty marks like a wagon wheel, stack of gold with a quaill-pen, etc. Here is a buck sergeant with crossed rifles with a bursting-bomb on it. Shown first is the obverse side, the reverse side will follow. SEMPER FI! Sarge Booker of Tujunga, California ( [email protected] ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted November 11, 2008 Reverse of the above USMC Chevrons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted November 11, 2008 Two examples of dress blue chevrons for the earlier high collared tunic with really wide chevrons and their smaller replacements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted November 11, 2008 Here is a wide set of NCO USMC chevrons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted November 11, 2008 Can you identify the title of the NCO who wore these chevrons and when they were worn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted November 11, 2008 Can you I.D. this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted November 11, 2008 Another to I.D.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted November 11, 2008 Yet another to I.D.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted November 11, 2008 Share #9 Posted November 11, 2008 Can you identify the title of the NCO who wore these chevrons and when they were worn? Paymaster Sergeant. I have the info on dates this rank was authorized, somewhere at home in my files. These big chevrons for the blues went out in the mid-1920's (1924 or so if I remember correctly). (This id for photo number 5.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted November 11, 2008 Share #10 Posted November 11, 2008 booker - You never cease to amaze me. My hat is off to ya... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted November 12, 2008 Share #11 Posted November 12, 2008 Paymaster Sergeant. I have the info on dates this rank was authorized, somewhere at home in my files. These big chevrons for the blues went out in the mid-1920's (1924 or so if I remember correctly).(This id for photo number 5.) I need to clairfy this as a Quartermaster Sergeant of the Paymaster Department. Also: number 6 is a Quartermaster Sergeant used from 1922-1937 number 8 is a Trumpet Sergeant 1929-1937. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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