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Rob FreemanWBR
01-05-2021, 02:15 PM
I'm looking for a set of HIGH quality rank chevrons.

Looking for the vendor, or brand, that uses nicer/heavier weight material in the stripes themselves, not the thin cotton twill commonly used...

Have perused Rgt QM, Fall Creek, and many others on line; but unfortunately, I can not find what I'm looking for.

ANY help is greatly appreciated - MANY thx in advance!!!

Lou Lou Lou
01-05-2021, 06:25 PM
C &D Jarnagin. First rate chevrons

Muley Gil
01-05-2021, 07:38 PM
Wat happened-did you make lance corporal? :D

MarkTK36thIL
01-05-2021, 08:01 PM
Try reaching out to Guy William Gain on Facebook or Brian White of WW & Company.

They're totally authentic in their material and construction.

Rob FreemanWBR
01-05-2021, 10:51 PM
Wat happened-did you make lance corporal? :D

I should be so lucky...

Muley Gil
01-06-2021, 09:54 AM
I should be so lucky...


Remember what Chesty said, "I'd rather be a private in the Marine Corps than a general in any army."

Semper Fi, Kunnel.

Rob FreemanWBR
01-06-2021, 01:59 PM
Remember what Chesty said, "I'd rather be a private in the Marine Corps than a general in any army."

Semper Fi, Kunnel.

And brother, believe me, NO truer words were ever spoken!

CAGerringer
01-06-2021, 03:53 PM
Rob,
I just bought a pair of Sgt. chevrons from C&C Sutlery for $10.95. The stripes appear to be made of the same woven cotton tape that is used on early war US Shell jackets for their collar's stripes.
Respectfully,
Charlie Gerringer
Old Dominion Dragoons

Muley Gil
01-06-2021, 07:08 PM
And brother, believe me, NO truer words were ever spoken!

Rob, if and when this COVID stuff lifts, we need to get together and hoist a few to our beloved Corps.

I actually shot with the Blues back in the early '70s. Ole Schmidt & I put half of the shake shingles on the pavilion when it was being built.

Rob FreemanWBR
01-06-2021, 07:31 PM
Gil,

Sounds great - in fact I'll "buy" the first round for you and any other Leatherneck &/or Doc who wants to come by & bend their elbow in good company!

Regarding your minor "slip in judgement", heck - once a Blue Rifle, ALWAYS a Blue Rifle!

JW 5875V
01-07-2021, 01:40 AM
Typical for Marines,

Gloat YES gloat,

Forget that other branches that have served and have done as much in battle.
The Navy fired upon the beaches etc. for you to Land.
Air Corp strafed the beaches for you when you landed.
WW 2.

Army served with the attitude " Were done here, whats the next job?"

The Army is thank full for the extra ammo they had because the
Marines were issued cameras for every other one to film each other!

Oh Yes, Iwo Jima had to do a second take, how many years to
identify all "Marines" in the flag raising?

Blow Smoke Buddy -- "We are all Veterans" and I have never
declared any branch above the other.

Jim Whitehouse Sr. 5875V
Allegheny City Guards
Served in Republic of Viet Nam
November 68 to Jan 70
A Battery 7th Battalion 13th Field Artillery US ARMY

Rob FreemanWBR
01-07-2021, 09:16 AM
No worries Jim, and I completely understand your comments via your perspective... But as the old saying goes, ?If everyone could be a Marine, then we wouldn?t have a Marine Corps?.

Yes we gloat. We?ve MORE than earned the privilege to do so, with both gusto and regularity.

Thanks for sharing

Eggman
01-08-2021, 05:10 PM
Depending on your size, here's a whole corporal's outfit might suit you Rob. It no longer fits the wearer.

Rob FreemanWBR
01-08-2021, 06:25 PM
Lol - thx Eggman!

I appreciate your offer; unfortunately, I believe the subject jacket MAY be JUST a tad on the small side.

Besides, it wouldn?t sit right with me - depriving such squared away trooper of his smart looking tunic.

Muley Gil
01-08-2021, 09:47 PM
Is this how Cpl. Agarn started out? :D

Eggman
01-11-2021, 11:13 AM
The Agarn transition would depend on inter-TV- series migration. This particular outfit is a "Rusty B-Company" ensemble (actor Lee Akers) with an army colt .45 rig thrown in for us blood thirsty little troopers. These were Nabisco Shreaded Wheat premiums splayed off from "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" series, mid-Fifties. Of course Agarn (Larry Storch) was a lead character on "F Troop." There might be five or six N-SSA members too young to remember these shows.
(That's grandson Danny)
(Larry Storch is 98)

Muley Gil
01-12-2021, 01:50 PM
Ah yes, Rusty from Rin Tin Tin. I remember now. BTW, just who am I?

Ron The Old Reb
01-12-2021, 07:58 PM
I liked Sky King better.

Muley Gil
01-13-2021, 12:09 PM
I liked Sky King better.

I liked Penny better than any of them! :D

Eggman
01-15-2021, 07:04 PM
The cost-----

Eggman
01-17-2021, 05:21 PM
Cap gun rig.

Eggman
01-17-2021, 05:29 PM
And the cost.

Eggman
01-21-2021, 01:30 PM
OK here's the last one. This was the premium I could afford in 1956. Of course shortly after receiving it it was hoisted over my rusted out cattle water trough fort. Not long after that a rain reduced the flag to a wad of compressed felt. This a replacement of course.

Eggman
01-21-2021, 01:37 PM
Here's the cost

Eggman
02-01-2021, 10:33 AM
I should mention I still have the pewter badge as well. No longer have membership card.

Eggman
02-28-2021, 03:22 PM
A couple other items not shown, here's the canteen

Eggman
02-28-2021, 03:31 PM
Here's the tie.

Eggman
02-28-2021, 03:32 PM
Here's the 3-D set.

Eggman
02-28-2021, 03:34 PM
Here's the cost.

Eggman
02-28-2021, 03:35 PM
Really need to get the beanie and the bugle to make this collection right.

Eggman
02-28-2021, 04:07 PM
OK last one. Also some in the box premiums -- here a BB puzzle.

Eggman
03-31-2021, 02:45 PM
Here's the official photo for the NCO promotion board.

Eggman
05-04-2021, 12:22 PM
Saw today Lee Akers (Rusty) passed away April 1st. He was destitute living on a $1,200 per month actor's pension (plus Social Security I presume). He did Air Force time and I guess they were picking up the funeral.

Muley Gil
05-04-2021, 08:22 PM
Saw today Lee Akers (Rusty) passed away April 1st. He was destitute living on a $1,200 per month actor's pension (plus Social Security I presume). He did Air Force time and I guess they were picking up the funeral.

I posted that two weeks ago in the "Around the Campfire" section of the BB. You need to keep up! :D

Eggman
05-05-2021, 04:00 PM
Yeah I generally only check the categories from "for sale" down. That was from advice from my doctor who said, with the covid thing, to keep interactions with others to a minimum. Thus some of my posts may show up in unusual places. News wise, I rely entirely on the "National Enquirer" which I read in the checkout line while my wife is checking out at Kroger.