Happy Saturday all

With regards to soft cover Insignia, is there a general consensus
as to what is acceptable?

1. For the USMC, the 8 point soft "covers" have the USMC "EGA"
(Eagle, Globe, and Anchor) printed in the center panel.

2. For the USN and U.S. Army, a Black anodized rank pin is worn centered on the frontal aspect of the cover, this holds true for USN personel attached to the USMC (Corpsman , Chaplin, Chaplains assitantS ).An embroidered sew on can also be utilized,

3. Seeing that the U.S.C.M. utilizes U.S. Army pattern rank stripes, I would propose the Utilization of either the appropriate black anodized pin-on device, or a sew-on embroidered insignia, again comprised of the appropriate number of chevrons.

4. I plan to sew a name tape to the back of my 8 point cover along the band, as well as blocking and starching it.

How about some input from everyone, most especially from our leadership cadre'.

Semper -Fi..."Doc" Vito

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Well I have the 8 point covers done by MAA.
1 with the Delta on it.
1 with the printed EGA
1 plain ( I put the Brass pin on rank in it like my Jungle hat )

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Michael Larson
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Gorman had a subdued rank pin on his OG 507 ballcap, so that's screen accurate (although he wore the rank sideways. ).

Russ

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I put a black ssgt rank pin on an OD ballcap (not a typical baseball cap but a closer facsimile to the OG 507)...

And left it in the rear window of my car all summer. Now it looks practically white.

I was going to start a topic called "How to bleach something without bleach".


Anyway I never really did wear it a lot so no big deal (at least it looks "weathered" ).

I do wear my black Sulaco cap ("Apone's ballcap") often.

As far as real EGAs go- we tend to shy away from actual USMC insignia as we don't want to step on any toes, or offend the real Marines.

For instance I put together a custom USCM Dress Blues uniform two years ago. The consensus was to remove any real EGAs, and USMC rank insignia. I used Army rank insignia (keeping in line with Army rank patches in the film), plain brass buttons, and custom Delta pins.

Kevin

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I have one of MAA's covers with the EGA on it- but I put a "Screaming Eagle" pin over it- not sure if they are still available though...

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On our 8 pt covers we made a stamp that looks like the eagle side of the coin

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Rob Slater
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