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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 97319, member: 44"]Nope, we are both wrong. It is MDCCLXXIII for 1773. Possibly for the founding of military police during the Revolution.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARMY-MILITARY-POLICE-REGIMENT-LAPEL-PIN-FREE-OBSOLETE-BADGE-/172006525507?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARMY-MILITARY-POLICE-REGIMENT-LAPEL-PIN-FREE-OBSOLETE-BADGE-/172006525507?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARMY-MILITARY-POLICE-REGIMENT-LAPEL-PIN-FREE-OBSOLETE-BADGE-/172006525507?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Wiki... says the Military Police Corp officially established 1941, but in the next paragraph says:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Military Police Corps traces its lineage and history back to the American Revolution. General George Washington requested that the staff position of Provost Marshal be created to deal with disciplinary issues."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_%28United_States%29#History" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_%28United_States%29#History" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_(United_States)#History</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 97319, member: 44"]Nope, we are both wrong. It is MDCCLXXIII for 1773. Possibly for the founding of military police during the Revolution. [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARMY-MILITARY-POLICE-REGIMENT-LAPEL-PIN-FREE-OBSOLETE-BADGE-/172006525507?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368[/URL] --- Susan Edit: Wiki... says the Military Police Corp officially established 1941, but in the next paragraph says: "The Military Police Corps traces its lineage and history back to the American Revolution. General George Washington requested that the staff position of Provost Marshal be created to deal with disciplinary issues." [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_%28United_States%29#History[/URL][/QUOTE]
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