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
_Chaplain._—A silver Latin cross one inch high.
The insignia of rank for Warrant Officers are as follows:
_Interne._—A rod of Esculapius with a single serpent entwined about it,
in silver.
_Pharmacist._—No rank insignia on shoulder straps. On the sleeves of
the dress and service coats five inches above the edge there is a
“cachet” indicating the rank. This consists of a circular piece of
maroon broadcloth one-half inch in diameter surrounded by a circle of
gold embroidery one-eighth of an inch wide. For the white service and
khaki uniforms the “cachet” is made of enameled metal. Pharmacists of
the third class wear one such mark, those of the second class two and
those of the first class three.
[Illustration: U. S. Public Health Service
Chevrons worn on the sleeves by petty officers to indicate rank and duty
1. Station Engineer 2. Marine Engineer 3. Pilot 4. First Cook]
[Illustration: U. S. Public Health Service
Specialty marks worn on the sleeves by petty officers and special
detail men to indicate rank or duty
1. Worn by Cooks other than first cooks 2. Carpenter 3. Coachman
4. Yardman 5. Messenger 6. Laundryman 7. Night Watchman
8. Shipkeeper 9. Boatswain 10. Surgical Nurse 11. Coxswain]
_Clerk._—Two crossed pens one and a quarter inches in length,
embroidered in maroon silk on the dress and service coats and made of
enameled metal for the white and khaki coats.
_Collar Ornaments._—The collar ornaments for the dress and service
coats are the letters “U. S.” in metal in Gothic design, five-eighths
of an inch high, and the service insignia in metal. For the dress and
olive-drab and khaki service uniforms these ornaments are of gun-metal
and for the white coat they are of gilt metal.
_Buttons._—The buttons worn by officers of the Public Health Service
are of metal and bear the insignia of the service, a foul anchor
crossed by a caduceus, the anchor being horizontal and the staff of the
caduceus vertical.
_Sword and Belts._—The sword for commissioned officers has a straight
blade, of diamond shape, 29 to 32 inches long, Hilt pommel, inverted
frustrum of a cone with corps device chased on one side and star on the
other. Grip, white sharkskin wrapped with gilt wire. Front guard bears
corps device; spring back guard, with trophy device. Black leather
scabbard with gilt bands, a five-pointed star on each; upper band to
have two rings. Tip to be 5 inches long, with laurel branch engraved
on the right side. The belt for full dress is one and three-quarters
inches wide, with two sling straps three-fourths of an inch wide,
covered with gold lace braid and closed by a gilt buckle clasp
consisting of a wreath of laurel leaves surrounding a design similar to
the service button.
The service uniform belt is the same as the full dress belt but it is
made entirely of black grain leather. The sword knot is a strap of
one-half inch gold lace twenty-four inches long.
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