Item # 51
Title: RARE 1941 "THE ARCTIC MARINE" VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 USMC 1ST BRIGADE IN ICELAND 
Description:  This is an original copy of the very first Volume and Edition of "The Arctic Marine", newspaper of the United States Marine 1st Provisional Regiment stationed in Iceland before the start of WW2.  Dated Thursday Sept 25, 1941.  The Marines would leave a few months later after the start of WW2.

Year: 1941
Price: $400

Item # 8
Title:  USMC OFFICER BANANA WARS GUARDIA NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA HAT BADGE
Description:  Very rare, silver colored hat badge, used from 1927-1934 by USMC NCO's who were commissioned as Officers in the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua to help bring about stability through policing in Nicaragua.  These forces were of Nicaraguan volunteers led by Marines.  They helped hold fair elections but were pulled into the fighting and subduing of the Sandinistas led by Augusto Sandino who resisted American occupation with the "Sandino Rebellion".  These hat devices (worn on the campaign hats and tropical hats) are extremely hard to find.  From 1927 to 1931 only about 200 officers had served.  (PHOTO CREDIT: SANDINOREBELLION.COM)
Year: 1927-1934
Price: $300