THIS GUIDE IS JUST A QUICK NOTE ON USMC DIGITAL MARPAT COVERS INCLUDING KEVLAR COVERS, 8PT GARRISON COVERS, AND BOONIE COVERS.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH USMC UNIFORMS HAD A LITTLE INSIGHT TO SOME WAYS TO CHECK ON YOUR AUTHENTICITY OF THE ITEM YOU HAVE OR WILL PURCHASE.  MOST OF YOU  HAVE ALREADY FOUND OUT, SEEN, OR READ THE MARINE CORPS HAS SWITCHED OVER TO A NEW DIGITAL MARPAT DESIGN ON ALL THEIR UNIFORM ITEMS.  THE NEW DIGITAL MARPAT, MARINE PATTERN, INCLUDES COVERS.  I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE ON THE COVERS.  SINCE THE COVERS DO NOT REQUIRE A LOT OF FABRIC TO MAKE YOUR COVER MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN THE SMALL EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR EMBLEM THAT IS EMBEDDED AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE MARPAT PATTERN.  THE EMBLEM IS SCATTERED PRETTY FAR APART THEREFORE IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THE COVER YOU MAY PURCHASE FROM SOMEONE MAY NOT HAVE THIS EMBLEM ON THE COVER.  ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH SMALLER SIZES SINCE THEY REQUIRE EVEN LESS MATERIAL.  THE ODDS OF THE EMBLEM BEING ON  THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF FABRIC CUT TO MAKE THE COVER BECOMES LESS AND LESS THE SMALLER THE SIZE.  I DO IN MY STORE TRY HOWEVER TO CHECK EACH COVER AND SELECT COVERS THAT DO CONTAIN THE EMBLEM IN A VISIBLE SECTION OF THE COVER.  BUT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE.  SO, TO THOSE WHO MAY PURCHASE OR HAVE PURCHASED A COVER FROM ANYONE AND NOTICED THERE WAS NOT AN EMBLEM EMBEDDED ON IT DON'T PANIC THINKING THAT IT IS  A KNOCK OFF.  AS I SAID, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR EVERY SINGLE COVER MADE TO HAVE AN EMBEDDED EMBLEM ON IT DUE TO THE MARPATS DESIGN. 

LIKE I STATED BEFORE, I DO TRY AND SELECT COVERS THAT CONTAIN AN EMBLEM.   BUT, I AM SURE THERE ARE SELLERS WHO HAVE AUTHENTIC COVERS THAT JUST MISSED PICKING UP AN EMBLEM WHEN CUT AT THE FACTORY.  SERKI IS THE ONLY COMPANY RIGHT NOW THAT HAS THE CONTRACT THAT I AM AWARE OF.  SO, THAT IS THE MAIN WAY TO TELL IF THE COVER YOU MIGHT PURCHASE OR ALREADY HAVE IS AUTHENIC OR NOT.

ALSO ONE SIDE NOTE (8PTS & BOONIES):  SERKI DOES MAKE THE COVERS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM TIME TO TIME.  I HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME COVERS WILL HAVE THE DIGITAL MARPAT MATERIAL ON THE WHOLE INTERIOR OF THE COVER.  THEN I HAVE SEEN OTHER COVERS MADE BY THEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES THAT WILL NOT BE DIGITAL ON THE INTERIOR BUT SOLID IN COLOR AND THE DIGITAL MARPAT WILL END AT THE INTERIOR BAND.  BOTH COVERS ARE AUTHENTIC JUST MADE PROBABLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES OR AT DIFFERENT FACTORYS.  ALSO THE GARRISONS AND BOONIES ARE NOT SIZED THE SAME.  BOONIES TEND TO RUN A SIZE SMALL.  SO IF YOU WEAR A LARGE IN A GARRISON YOU WILL WEAR AN EXTRA LARGE IN A BOONIE.  THIS HAS BEEN ACROSS THE BOARD FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE I KNOW.  USMC GARRISONS AND BOONIES COME IN SIZES XXSMALL THRU XLARGE, NOT NUMBERIC SIZES AS SEEN SOLD BY SOME EBAY MEMBERS.  THOSE ARE NOT AUTHENTIC!  KEVLAR COVERS ARE REVERSIBLE, DESERT ON ONE SIDE AND WOODLAND ON THE OTHER.  THEY ARE STAMPED AND COME IN SIZES SMALL, MED/LARGE IS ONE SIZE TOGETHER, AND EXTRA LARGE.