Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign CountriesWilliams, Dion
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Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia: How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries
Williams, Dion
Armies -- Insignia; Military uniforms; Navies -- Insignia; United States. Army -- Insignia; United States. Navy -- Insignia
_The Overcoat for Warrant Officers_ is the same as that for
commissioned officers except that there are no stripes on the sleeves
and the shoulder marks are not worn with it.
_The Sword and Belt_ worn by warrant officers is the same as that worn
by commissioned officers with service uniform.
UNIFORMS OF ENLISTED MEN OF THE COAST GUARD
The uniforms of the enlisted men of the Coast Guard are practically the
same in style and design as those worn by the enlisted men of the U. S.
Navy with minor differences in the buttons and insignia of rank and the
rating badges and specialty marks.
The uniforms of the Chief Petty Officers have the buttons of the Coast
Guard design on the coats and the insignia on the caps consisting of a
vertical gilt foul anchor surmounted by a silver shield.
For Surfmen stationed at Life-Saving Stations the summer uniform is
made of olive-drab cotton duck and the buttons and insignia worn upon
the coats and caps are of dull finish bronze metal.
The insignia of rank or rating for Petty Officers are worn upon the
right sleeve of the coat or shirt midway between the shoulder seam and
the elbow, and consist of a chevron with a spread eagle above it and a
specialty mark below the eagle in the upper angle of the chevron.
The chevron is worn with the point down and is made of stripes of cloth
three-eighths of an inch wide set one-quarter of an inch apart, these
stripes being of scarlet cloth for blue coats and shirts and of blue
cloth for white and olive-drab coats and shirts.
The eagle and the specialty marks are embroidered in white silk for
blue coats and shirts and in blue silk for white and olive-drab coats
and shirts.
The chevron for Chief Petty Officers consists of three stripes with an
arc of a circle connecting the ends of the upper stripe; that for First
class petty officers of three stripes, that for Second class petty
officers of two stripes and that for Third class petty officers of one
stripe, as illustrated.
_The Specialty Marks_ indicating the particular duty or assignment of
the petty officers and of certain other men having special duties are,
as shown in the illustrations, as follows:
_Master-at-Arms._—An upright shield.
_No. 1 Surfman._—A circular life buoy surmounted by two oars crossed.
_Signal Quartermaster._—Two flags crossed diagonally.
_Wheelman._—A ship’s steering wheel with eight spokes.
_Coxswain._—A vertical anchor crossed by a horizontal arrow.
_Electrician._—A hemisphere on a vertical axis.
_Electricians, First, Second and Third Class._—A device representing
forked lightning, four streaks.
_Sailmakers._—A closed clew iron with two eyes.
_Blacksmith._—Two sledges crossed diagonally.
_Yeoman and Ships Writer._—Two quill pens crossed diagonally.
_Machinist and Oiler._—A ship’s propeller with three blades.
_Water Tender._—A valve wheel with six spokes.
_First and Second Class Carpenters, Plumbers and Painters._—Two axes
crossed diagonally.
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