I am looking for a company or person that will make or sell a Marine
Corp Emblem (eagle, globe and anchor) aprox 5 inches by 5 inches, in
chrome with gold inlay (where it belongs).  This emblem needs to also
be 3 dimentional.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 07 Dec 2002 12:31 PST

Dear greenuglyogre,

The best I was able to find so far is a Marine Corps emblem molded in
plastic, 7" in diameter, as shown on this picture:
http://www.marineheritage.org/shop/lrgfx/15-550.jpg

Would that be what you have in mind or do you prefer something else?

Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by greenuglyogre-ga on 07 Dec 2002 13:08 PST

No. Plastic will not last.  I will be mounting this on a Harley.  It
will need to be chrome or stainless steel.

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Clarification of Question by greenuglyogre-ga on 07 Dec 2002 13:09 PST

One other thing I should have made clear.  I just want the eagle globe
and anchor.  Not the background.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 07 Dec 2002 13:21 PST

Dear greenuglyogre,

Would this meet your needs? Polished solid brass, therefore no danger
of rusting or the like. Size: 5 x 5 inches. It is not chrome or steel,
alas.
http://www.marineheritage.org/shop/lrgfx/12-500.jpg

Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by greenuglyogre-ga on 07 Dec 2002 18:31 PST

My client wants only chrome or stainless steel.   Stainless steel is a
distant second choice.  We have put over 40K into this bike so he is
firm on what he wants.

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Clarification of Question by greenuglyogre-ga on 07 Dec 2002 22:04 PST

Sublime1, If he comes back with a positive answer I will still give you the cash.

greenuglyogre...

Thanks for your excellence of character.

As noted by tchaney, the gentleman is John Arellano,
a sargeant in the Corps who, himself, "spent years
looking for a product to display on my car which 
would reflect the pride I have. I was dissapointed
 to find only cheap crappy plastic things made in 
China. 'NOT ON MY CAR!'"
http://hometown.aol.com/ja6701/MarineCorps.html

His phone number and email are on the page, so
I won't repeat them here. I hope that a glance at
the quality of the work displayed on his page 
will cause you to feel as much excitement as I did. 

I sent him an email, stating:

"Regarding the items on your page,
 I have a client interested in a stainless-steel or chrome
 version with "gold inlay where it belongs" for mounting
 on a $40,000 Harley Davidson. The dimensions of the
 ones you offer are about right, and all he needs is the
 design you have, without a backing plate or hitch
 slider..."

Based on your further clarifications, I sent another:

"I forgot to mention that stainless steel is a "distant
 second choice". Chrome is highly preferred."


I just heard back from him, and he said in an email:

"thank you for your inquiry. yes, i do believe i can
 make an emblem as you requested. i would need to 
 speak directly to the client."

regards
john arellano


Searches done, via Google:

"chrome OR stainless steel" "marine corps emblem"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22chrome+OR+stainless+steel%22+%22marine+corps+emblem%22


Please do not rate this answer until you are satisfied that
the answer cannot be improved upon by means of a dialog with
the researcher through the "Request for Clarification" process.

sublime1-ga

Super answer and follow up.  Hit right on target.  Thanks.

greenuglyogre...

I have sent an email to a very promising resource.
When I didn't hear from him within an hour, I left
a message on his answering machine, as well. The
resource I am investigating produces hand-tooled
emblems of the nature you desire. He usually makes
them in brass, but since he is an artisan, I'm 
fairly confident that he can make one in chrome,
with gold inlay (or overlay) "where it belongs".
I will post his answer as soon as it is received.

sublime1-ga

sublime1 I think you are looking at the same person I saw on this. 
Even if he only makes them in brass it should be easy enough to have
the emblem chrome plated and it also looks like it is almost the exact
size being looked for.

Oh the link to the products below:

http://hometown.aol.com/ja6701/MarineCorps.html

LOL tchaney...
Yes, you are correct - but as an official researcher,
I'd planned on including that link AS an answer, rather
than before the answer.

Oops, sorry about that.