COBI US Marine Figure Keyring Set 1369

A COBI minifigure of a US Marine in printed combat gear, fixed to a matching brick with a metal chain and keyring. The connection points are glued so it survives daily use.

Eagle, globe and anchor

The Marine Corps emblem has three parts and each one is a claim.

The anchor is the oldest and says the Corps belongs to the naval service. The eagle says it is American. The globe — adopted in 1868 and showing the western hemisphere — says the Corps operates anywhere in the world, which in 1868 was an ambition rather than a description.

The design was borrowed in part from the Royal Marines, whose own badge carries a globe granted because their battle honours were too numerous to list on it. The American version was drawn deliberately to echo it.

A Marine is issued the emblem at the end of recruit training rather than at the beginning, and the phrase used in the Corps is that you are not given it, you earn it.

In the COBI range

One of a series of sixteen figure keyrings from the Historical Collection. Set 1373 is the retail display holding the full assortment. Set 2059 is the flag raising on Iwo Jima.

Specifications

Contents: one minifigure on a brick with metal chain and keyring · Glued connection points · Printed detail