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Recruiting is about salesmanship, not experience. Today, the average Marine recruiter has 4-12 years of service, with the majority probably being on the lower half of that estimate.

The GCM to Rozier is most certainly for Rozier #2

I have seen a lot of Politi badges missing a wing but assumed it was due to a manufacturing flaw. I find it hard to believe that departments would allow such a noticeable flaw in uniform to be worn. I know this is an ancient post, but as far as the far right emblem goes, it appears to be an old British fake. My guess is that it has flat broad prongs on the rear rather than the narrow wires of originals

Here's a two-row bar to a career US Marine in my collection who fought in WWII and Korea. Both Purple Hearts were earned in Korea And here's a two-row (displayed as a single long row) to a WWII and Korea War veteran. He served as an enlistedman in Iceland with the Marine Corps and fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal, where he was wounded severely enough to be stuck stateside for the rest of the war. A few years after the war ended he joined the Army as a Warrant Officer and served in Korea with them. Interestingly, it seems that aside from his ribbons and a few photos, that he didn't keep anything from his time in the Army, but did keep a lot from his Marine days. I also have his Marine Corps ID, some EGAs, and his polar bear patches from Iceland

This is a great thread with lots of good information in one place. Hard to find a lot of info in English. I've been thinking of dabbling in Finnish miniature medals, this thread will certainly be helpful.

This might be the most sage advice I've seen on a forum. Over the past 20 years, I have been a member of countless forums, and one-by-one many have turned to paid membership requirements. As such, I've ended up leaving many of them and paying for only a couple most-trafficked sites as I wanted to get the most "bang for my buck". Donations, paid banners, and merchandise could easily fund the forum. USMF runs entirely off of donations and banners, and doesn't overcrowd the page with banners. They have been operating on this model for a long time.

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Some miniatures I've added over the last several months... non-USMC ones won't be staying in the collection

And someone's selling cheap churned out replicas of the above proposal on eBay now... Iraqi Commitment Medal

It's my understanding that no one actually got a medal, Biden got a planchet/medallion and the ribbon was never even produced in prototype beyond the artwork

DOD allows horizontal stripes on ribbons...USN/USMC PUC is a prime example I doubt this is ever going to come to fruition

Thanks for the info...definitely older with the nice patina and enamel, so much be Austrian

Thanks. I have shot him a message

I picked this up with an assortment of pins, mostly Austrian. I am assuming there was once a crest in the center. Really cool badge with a button hole type device on the rear. Can anyone tell me more about it?

Some great Nasjonal Samling items in there...can we see some closeups? I see you're in Trondheim, was fortunate enough to spend some time there in 2017...beautiful city