Mystery USMC Competition Badge ID: DRYDEN TROPHY

[Brig]

Another forum member pointing this out in a photo in my collection...an unknown rectangular badge beside the rifle expert badge. It's surely got to be a competition award, but doesn't match any USMC badge of the era I know of. I'm thinking maybe from a sister service competition? Can anyone wager a good guess? Photo was taken in China, Christmas 1925

[teufelhunde.ret]

I’d bet it’s the Elliot Trophy badge, if memory serves the trophy (Eastern Division) came about around 1910.

 

 

[Brig]

I looked at that, as well as the Walsh Trophy badge, thinking maybe the curvatures were washed out by the light...but this thing just looks too perfectly straight edged so I have my doubts

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Obviously a time travelling Marine who brought back a pizza box lol
On a serious note though, we should send the photo to Emerson and see if he has any idea.

[aactionjim]

So I was watching a PBS program about the Buffalo Soldiers and this showed up. I just wonder if the old Marine in your photo was in the Army before he was a Marine and won this shooting badge. Could be back then they might have allowed him to wear it.  

[aactionjim]

Another photo.

[ydhunter26]

Appears to be an early Dryden Trophy Match Medal

[Brig]

Very interesting. Nice to see this pop back up, I still have the photo

[aactionjim]

Another photo. I exploded the view and it looks like your badge. The Dryden

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Found this photo of a Dryden Trophy badge, appears to be too enlongated to be the same as the one in Tim's original post.  The one on the Marine looks almost (but not quite) squared.  
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/nra-jersey-dryden-trophy-marksmanship-1724433011

[aactionjim]

On 6/20/2020 at 9:10 AM, Brig said:

Another forum member pointing this out in a photo in my collection...an unknown rectangular badge beside the rifle expert badge. It's surely got to be a competition award, but doesn't match any USMC badge of the era I know of. I'm thinking maybe from a sister service competition? Can anyone wager a good guess? Photo was taken in China, Christmas 1925

[Brig]

11 hours ago, aactionjim said:

Badge in the photo seems to be more vertically rectangular with the suspension bar hanging further beyond the suspension rings.