Item Description
Original Items: One-of-a-kind set. This is a set of two fantastic 1935-1940 scrap books named to United States Marine Corps amend to 4th Marine Regiment members C.L Madison and G.L Real. The covers of both books read SCRAP BOOK, 4th Marine Regiment Shanghai, China.
The scrap books cover feature newspaper clippings, correspondence, magazine clippings, orders, brochures, business cards and so much more. A wonderful set of scrap books from Marines that served in China from 1935-1940. Overall condition of the books is fair to good but fragile, the cover of the Green book has separated and pages are loose in both.
The term China Marines, originally referred to the United States Marines, of the 4th Marine Regiment, who were stationed in Shanghai, China from 1927 to 1941 to protect American citizens and property in the Shanghai International Settlement, during the Chinese Revolution and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Those Marines stationed at the embassy in Peking and the consulate in Tientsin referred to themselves as North China Marines.
The scrap books cover feature newspaper clippings, correspondence, magazine clippings, orders, brochures, business cards and so much more. A wonderful set of scrap books from Marines that served in China from 1935-1940. Overall condition of the books is fair to good but fragile, the cover of the Green book has separated and pages are loose in both.
The term China Marines, originally referred to the United States Marines, of the 4th Marine Regiment, who were stationed in Shanghai, China from 1927 to 1941 to protect American citizens and property in the Shanghai International Settlement, during the Chinese Revolution and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Those Marines stationed at the embassy in Peking and the consulate in Tientsin referred to themselves as North China Marines.
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