U.S. Marine Corps (Military?) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- U.S. Marine Corps (Military?)
- Alternative Name:
- Leatherneck Tartan
- ITI Number:
- 975
- Category:
- American Military
- Designer / Source:
- Hall/MacLeod
- Date:
- 1986
- Slog:
- RYB:GRG
- Colour Sequence:
- RYBGRGRG
- Thread Count:
- R6 Y8 B64 G24 R6 G8 R6 G80
- Notes:
-
Designed by Bob Hall of Tallahassee, USA and Ruraidh MacLeod of Auchtermuchty and a member of the Scottish Tartans Society. For the US Marine Corps which was founded in 1775 by the Scot John Paul Jones.
Does not have official U.S.Marine Corps sanction but is sometimes sold as "U.S. Marine Corps". Said to be exclusively woven for the Marine Corps Historical Foundation. One of a series of US Military tartans woven by the Strathmore Woollen Company. Sample in STA Dalgety Collection. Also now woven by Lochcarron (Sept. 2004).
