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.

Print Information: 

These prints fit directly in a standard document frame with the print being 8.5"X11" but framing with a 13" x 16" frame with a matting can enhances the look of the art. Doing this leaves room for creativity on your part, through experimenting with different colors of matting and frames. We recommend choosing matting that will enhance the colors of the imagery. Please State in the box provided if you want the print in 8.5"X11" or printed 8"X10". The 8"X10" print is still printed on an 8.5"X11" print paper, the image size is just 8"X10" which is a standard mating opening size. 

Want this design as a sticker? See the 1st Marine Division FMF Pin Clear Sticker.

Print only. Frame not included.