My life in the Corps was cut short by a drunk and I became a Marine without a base in 1989, BUT I still hold dear to all that is" Marine". That being said-My wife came home from her mothers with an item , one that looked close but different. She had a small eagle, globe and anchor but it did not have the "rope" . She also had a lapel pin that went thru the hole (not two parts) the pin read" U.S.Marine Honorable discharge" printed on black with white writing with the E,G, A but also missing the "rope". She told me that it had belonged to either her mother's- father or grand father making them somewhere around the 1940s or 1920s. I was trying to find out an age of this item being that I'm in my late 40's and had never seen one. The E,G,A was a bit thinner then the ones that we wore on our piss covers, it looked almost detailed and not quite as bulky as those we were issued but still had that military quality about it. I'm not sure if anyone could tell me anything about the two but I felt it would do no harm to ask. Any info would be great. to all thanks, and Simper Fi. Cpl. B.A.Williamson (83-89)