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USMC ENLISTED RANK INSIGNIA 1912-1937
Blue Dress Uniform
Enlisted rank
insignia 1912-1917
Rank description -
"Private" has no rank insignia
1. Corporal
2. Sergeant
3. Gunnery
Sergeant
4. First Sergeant
5. Quartermaster
Sergeant
6. Pay
Quartermaster Sergeant
7.
Drum Major
8. Sergeant Major
Enlisted rank
insignia 1917-1922
Rank description -
"Private" has no rank insignia
1. Private First
Class (since 1917)
2. Corporal
3. Sergeant
4. Gunnery
Sergeant
5. First Sergeant
6. Quartermaster
Sergeant
7. Pay
Quartermaster Sergeant
8. Drum Major
9.
Sergeant Major
*1922
were adopted the new rank insignia of the smaller size, even the the
insignia 1917 type were used in restricted numbers till 1929
Enlisted rank
insignia 1922-1929
Rank description -
"Private" has no rank insignia
1. Private First
Class **
2. Corporal
3. Sergeant
4. Gunnery
Sergeant
5. First Sergeant
6. Staff Sergeant
(since 1923)
7. Drum Major *
8.
Supply Sergeant (since 1923)
9. Quartermaster
Sergeant
10. Master
Technical Sergeant (since 1923)
11. Pay
Quartermaster Sergeant
12. Sergeant
Major
*1922 change of 1912
chevron design
*1922
change of 1917 chevron design
Enlisted rank
insignia 1929-1937
Rank description -
"Private" has no rank insignia
1. Musician
Marine Band
2. Trumpeter
(different for right and left sleeve, the trumpet is facing forward)
3. Drummer
4. Assistant Cook
5. Trumpeter
First Class
6. Drummer First
Class
7. Private First
Class
8. Mess Corporal
or Field Cook
9. Trumpet
Corporal
10. Drum Corporal
11. Corporal
12. Mess Sergeant
or Chief Cook
13. Trumpet
Sergeant
14. Drum Sergeant
15. Sergeant
16. Platoon
Sergeant
17. Staff
Sergeant (Mess)
18. Staff
Sergeant
19. Technical
Sergeant (Mess)
20. Technical
Sergeant
21. Drum Major
22. Supply
Sergeant
23. Gunnery
Sergeant **
24. First
Sergeant
25. Master
Gunnery Sergeant
26. Paymaster
Sergeant
27. Master
Technical Sergeant (Mess)
28. Master
Technical Sergeant
29. Quartermaster
Sergeant
30. Sergeant
Major
*1922 change of 1912
chevron design
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