USMC Marine NAMED Competitive Shooting Medal Badge Pin IDed Elliot Trophy Team
This one is from my personal collection. I use to heavily collect marksmanship related items, but have decided the thin the herd and refine the focus lately. Group includes the named Good Conduct Medal, Divisional Match Badge, and Marine Corps Match badge. The Good Conduct is officially engraved, however the shooting badges are now. Fortunately, the Marine hand-etched his initials on the rear of both, and’DWC’ can be seen. According to the Muster Rolls, this Marine was a trumpeter in the band who served at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Parris Island. He metaled at Quantico in 1926 with the Elliot Trophy Team, however their team did not win the cup. I have attached an image of the entry in the June 1926 Muster Rolls. These early badges don’t appear often, and it’s even tougher to find attributed badges that weren’t engraved. Nice little research project… I can’t imagine many bandsmen were metaled in the matches! Please see my other listings for more militaria. Add a map to your own listings. The item “USMC Marine NAMED Competitive Shooting Medal Badge Pin IDed Elliot Trophy Team” is in sale since Monday, October 30, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “brigusmc” and is located in Midway Park, North Carolina. This item can be shipped worldwide.