Original U.S. Pre-WWI US Navy Maine-Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship U.S.S. Ohio (BB-12) “Flat Hat” - Early 1900’s Category_MG 34 Mounts The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal

The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal is a military award of the United States Marine Corps

gas-operated design based on the French Hotchkiss M1909 machine gun

They look to have made both arsenal forged and traditional blades

these are Original WW2 dated British Map cases

After the failure of Shingle

Original U.S. Pre-WWI US Navy Maine-Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship U.S.S. Ohio (BB-12) “Flat Hat” - Early 1900’s Category_MG 34 Mounts The Marine Corps Expeditionary MedalOriginal Item: Only One Available. Easy to recognize is the more familiar white hat, nicknamed the Dixie cup hat, but the distinctive flat hat came first, and was standard issue for more than a century. Records of the Naval Historical Center show that the flat hat was authorized in 1852, was standard throughout the American Civil War, and remained in use long after white headgear much later given the Dixie cup hat appellation was introduced as an