Original 1953 United States Marine Corps administrative register listing all officers on active duty as of January 1, 1953.
Issued by Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., this Combined Lineal List was an official internal reference used to establish rank seniority, promotion eligibility, and command precedence during the Korean War era.
Printed under the authority of the Marine Corps and Navy Department, the volume bears the printed signatures of the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Secretary of the Navy, confirming its use as an institutional government document rather than a commemorative or reprint edition.
This copy remains in very good condition, with clean original blue paper wrappers, sharp text, and light, age-appropriate wear only. Now housed in a protective sleeve. Interior pages appear complete and legible throughout.
Unlike modern leather-bound or facsimile reprints commonly offered for decorative purposes, this is an authentic 1953 government-issued original, produced for official Marine Corps use. Original examples in this condition are increasingly difficult to find.
An excellent acquisition for Marine Corps historians, military genealogists, institutional collectors, research libraries, or families tracing commissioned officers of the period.