Crossed muskets were first introduced into the U.S. Army as the insignia of officers and enlisted men of the Infantry on 19 November 1875 (War Department General Order No. 96 dtd 19 Nov 1875) to take effect on or before 1 June 1876.

2025年1月28日 · The musket was the old Springfield model 1876, .45 caliber, single shot rifle. In 1892, following the rearmament of the infantry with the Krag-Jorgensen, .30 caliber, magazine, bolt...

The 1902 regulations also authorized crossed muskets for enlisted men's collars and in 1905 the insignia was redesigned replacing the muskets with model 1903 Springfield rifles. In 1910 enlisted collar disks made their debut.

6 天之前 · Crossed muskets were first introduced into the Army as the insignia of officers and enlisted men of the Infantry on 19 November 1875 (War Department General Order No. 96 dtd 19 Nov 1875) to take...

The Army first introduced crossed rifles or muskets as the insignia for Infantry Officers and Soldiers in November, 1875; the design was chosen to make the branch insignia conform to the pattern set by the Artillery (crossed cannons) and Cavalry (crossed swords).

The symbol of the United States Infantry, the 1795 Model Springfield Infantry Musket was first used during the Lewis and Clark expedition and the War of 1812.

2018年12月18日 · The Crossed Muskets (Infantry Magazine, NOV-DEC 1988, Second Lieutenant J. Clark Koskie) Tactics Making Riflemen from Mud (Strategic Studies Institute, OCT 2007, James D. Campbell)

The Infantry symbol is a pair of crossed rifles, often referred to as a "pair of crossed muskets." The muskets are typically depicted with the stocks facing outward and the barrels crossed in the center.

Crossed muskets were first introduced into the Army as the insignia of officers and enlisted men of the Infantry on 19 November 1875 (War Department General Order No. 96 dated 19 Nov 1875) to take effect on or before 1 June 1876.

2022年4月28日 · The crossed rifles on the enlisted rank insignias represent that "Every Marine is a rifleman". Unlike the other branches of the military, all Marines (regardless of their assigned job) receive...