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According to theMarine Corps History Division, the Marine Corps used to award three different styles/types of marksmanship qualification badges. Starting in 1912, the Marine Corps began awarding the Army Rifle Marksmanship Badges to Marines who qualified with the service rifle. As with the U.S. Army, the Marine Corps awarded these rifle badges at three qualification levels (highest to lowest): expert, sharpshooter, and marksman. Just like the U.S. Army, year clasps were added to the Expert Rifle Marksmanship Badge and Sharpshooter Rifle Marksmanship Badge to indicate the year(s) a Marine requalified at that level. The former Army Expert Rifle Marksmanship Badge is almost identical to the current version of the Marine Corps Expert Rifle Qualification Badge, but uses crossedM1903 Springfield Riflesvs.M1 Garandswithslings. In 1924, the Marine Corps replaced these badges with the Army Marksmanship Qualification Badges, which are still in use by the U.S. Army. However, the Marine Corps decided to bring back the older Army Rifle Marksmanship Badges in 1937. That same year, the Marine Corps introduced the Marine Corps Basic Badge for marksmanship qualifications with other weapon systems. Clasps were hung from the Marine Corps Basic Badge\'s brooch indicating the type of weapon and level of qualification. The clasps indicated the degree of proficiency by using the letters \"SS\" for sharpshooter or \"EX\" for expert, followed by the name of the weapon. The exception to this rule was aU.S. Marine Corps Reserveclasps for the.30 CaliberRifle Course D (\"RIFLE-D\") which included \"MM\" for marksman. Much like the Army Weapon Qualification Clasps, the clasps of the Marine Corps Basic Badge fluctuated with additions and deletions in 1949 and again in 1954. The following clasps were authorized for wear on the Marine Corps Basic Badge under the 1937 Marine Corps Uniform Regulation:[18][19][34][35]

Former Basic Badge Clasps (listed with exact inscription)Expert ClaspsSharpshooter ClaspsMarksman BORESS-SMALL RIFLEEX-MACH. GUNSS-MACH. style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Army Rifle Marksmanship Badges were replaced by the current Marine Corps Rifle Marksmanship Qualification Badges in 1958. That same year, the U.S. Marine Corps adopted the U.S. Army\'s 1915 design of the Army Expert Pistol Qualification Badge and created its own Marine Corps Pistol Qualification Badges, which is still in use today. The Marine Corps Basic Badge remained in use until 1968 when it was declared obsolete.