usmc-collector Posted April 6, 2010 Share #1 Posted April 6, 2010 finaly I found one nice USMC world war II military police armband, made of dark blue wool, usmc pattern has dots between letters compared to army one, this type is described in 1937 usmc uniform regulations, also attach photo of marines wearing this type of armband in 1946, does anyone know exact year when marines changed armband collors from blue/white to red/yellow? thanks JAROSLAV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsellati Posted April 6, 2010 Share #2 Posted April 6, 2010 Very nice example and a great photograph to accompany it :thumbsup: . Do you have other USMC MP items and are you putting a display together? If so, we'd love to see what else you have. Am I correct in thinking these MPs would have been issued M1911/M1911A1 pistols or would they have carried the Model 1917 revolver made by Colt or Smith & Wesson? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOLUSMC Posted April 6, 2010 Share #3 Posted April 6, 2010 see this color photos, with MP of the 1st div in Korea in 1953 with red/yellow armband but also with point like WWII LOLUSMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc-collector Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted April 10, 2010 Very nice example and a great photograph to accompany it :thumbsup: . Do you have other USMC MP items and are you putting a display together? If so, we'd love to see what else you have. Am I correct in thinking these MPs would have been issued M1911/M1911A1 pistols or would they have carried the Model 1917 revolver made by Colt or Smith & Wesson? Tim Tim, here is USMC MP gear from 1960s era. I try to collect together marine MP gear and photos for all periods from WW2 to present, still missing lot of items. LOL thank you for photo. I have other photos of marine MPs in Korea which I think are from same source. JAROSLAV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted June 10, 2010 Share #5 Posted June 10, 2010 Yesterday I crawled underneath a house to get to some trunks the home owner said had been there since she bought the house 20 years ago! Actually I did not quite crawl as you could kind bend over, scrunch down and move about through, the darkness, the spider webs and dust (the "floor" was dirt). One trunk lid was open, but the others were still shut tight and there were some surprises when I got them out (I had to put the contents in bags, carry those out and then come back for the empty trunks). It was a dirty nasty task, but when I got home and unloaded the bags on the floor of my garage there were more surprises that I had not noticed under the house(including a nice WWII tanker jacket). But this one was the coolest surprise: the white belt had been stored away in a long cloth tube and is still in excellent condition, as is the MP brassard and the lanyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustykamel Posted June 10, 2010 Share #6 Posted June 10, 2010 These China Marine MP's are armed with carbines while on duty in Tsingtao. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted June 10, 2010 Share #7 Posted June 10, 2010 These China Marine MP's are armed with carbines while on duty in Tsingtao. Jim Wouldn't you love to find one of those helmets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted June 10, 2010 Share #8 Posted June 10, 2010 This is from a USMC Tour Book dated 1954. The unit was in Japan at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted June 10, 2010 Share #9 Posted June 10, 2010 This is from SPEARHEAD Vol 3 dated 1946 while on occupation duty in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted June 10, 2010 Share #10 Posted June 10, 2010 Ist USMC DIV MP's with painted helmets. The DIV insignia is between the M and P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted December 13, 2012 Share #11 Posted December 13, 2012 My understanding is that the red/gold armband was not used until 1947. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted December 13, 2012 Share #12 Posted December 13, 2012 Peter De Santis, USMC MP, WW2 More info on my website: http://www.theliberator.be/liberator2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc-collector Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted January 13, 2014 MP Visor Cover, which was sliped on winter hat visor. JAROSLAV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMaddoxUSMC Posted March 8, 2014 Share #14 Posted March 8, 2014 Very cool stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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