Each 5" by 2.55" sticker is die cut and printed on a CLEAR durable and weatherproof thick vinyl that protects the sticker from scratching, rain and sunlight. These stickers are also dishwasher safe so, slap them on anything from your favorite coffee mug to your trusty Rite In The Rain and be confident that your 1st Marine Division FMF Pin Clear Sticker will be there to stay.

Unit History

The pin under the patch is the Navy's Fleet Marine Force Enlisted Warfare Specialist insignia: a silver eagle, globe and anchor atop two crossed rifles, on ocean swells breaking on a sandy beach. The banners carry the infantry mission named on the division's history page: to locate, close with and destroy the enemy.

Activated: Became the 1st Marine Division on 1 February 1941.

Key battles: Guadalcanal (1942), its first fight as a division; Inchon (15 September 1950); the Chosin Reservoir (1950).

Insignia: Its shoulder patch, the first approved in World War II, carries GUADALCANAL under the stars of the Southern Cross.

Honors: Nine Presidential Unit Citations.

Sources: USMC History Division, Lineage and Honors of 1st Marine Division (2015); 1st Marine Division, official history page; U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, art. 5201, Breast Insignia.