Active Young Marine here, and some have stayed the same. (Going left to right) He had the qualified field ribbon, organized unit trip ribbon w/ silver star (6 awards), unknown ribbon, a perhaps older variant of the Physical fitness ribbon, and then the junior leadership ribbon. @Gear Fanatic see if your friend can tell the one i can’t quite tell. It might be an older version of the basic ribbon.

Thank you very much for your kind comments.   To answer a few quetions: - the fence has been done thanks to 3D swirls and spikes, the rest from evergreen rods and strips. - all my modeling practise is only to pay tribute to those who liberated my parents.

Have any of you installed a barrel on a Garand? I’ve run into a problem trying to mount the barrel. The barrel screws into the receiver and comes to a hard stop about 15-20 degrees off from where it should. It doesn’t seem possible that it can screw in any farther. I have two front receiver pieces and it’s the same problem for both. Any thoughts or ideas? mikie

Hey, if your interested in the bars I could ask my friend who’s a YM, they might still be the same.

Today’s rainy day find.   Never seen anything like it, the man told me he wore it from ages 7-9 but never joined the marines.   Take note of the ribbon bars, he couldn’t remember what they stood for.

I like the CBI unform a lot

Thanks for the reply. It is at least a starting point for research! My grandpa had this thing for 20+ years. I figured I should check on what it is since he also had an 1855 pattern Richmond arsenal Confederate bayonet. 

Someone has already replied, but I would like to add that this looks like Ontario's commercial offering, despite the US stamp. I have one just like it that I bought direct from Ontario some years back. There is a subtle change in stampings between this commercial line and the post-Vietnam military line. Notice how the E in knife is almost at the edge of the blade. Not so on the military examples, which I've posted below

do you have any references for the markings 

hello, It is unusually crude.  I have not seen one like this.  The British exported hundreds of thousands of Enfields.  I know a huge cache was discovered in Nepal some years ago.  These rifles are the 'commonly' seen ones on the different gun platforms.  My hunch is this bayonet was made somewhere like Pakistan, India, Nepal, Afghanistan, etc. as a replacement bayonet.  I was in Afghanistan as late as 2010 and later.  By the time I got there, the 1853 Enfields sold at the market were fake copies.  But I am aware the early guys did get to buy original Enfields.  I would guess the real one disappeared around 2005 or 2006.  But that is just an educated guess of me asking around. Sorry if this is no help. cheers!