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
Sergeant First Class, Signal Corps—Chevron of three stripes
with one arc of a circle below and the Signal Corps insignia
in the center.
Electrician Sergeant, First Class, Coast Artillery—Chevron
of three stripes with a wreath below it and a device
representing forked lightning in the center and a short
stripe between the wreath and the lightning.
Assistant Engineer, Coast Artillery—A device representing an
engine governor with a wreath below it.
Master Gunner, Coast Artillery—A projectile placed vertically
with a wreath below it and a star above it.
Band Sergeant and Assistant Leader of U. S. Military Academy
Band—Chevron of three stripes and two arcs of a circle below
them and a lyre in the center.
Assistant Band Leader—Chevron of three stripes and one arc of a
circle below them and a trumpet in the center.
Sergeant Bugler—Chevron of three stripes with a bugle below them.
Electrician Sergeant Second Class, Coast Artillery—Chevron
of three stripes with a wreath below them and a device
representing forked lightning in the center.
Radio Sergeant—Chevron of three stripes with a device
representing forked lightning below them.
Color Sergeant—Chevron of three stripes with a star below.
Sergeant—Chevron of three bars.
Company Supply Sergeant—Chevron of three stripes with one
horizontal bar below them.
Mess Sergeant—Chevron of three stripes with a crescent below them.
Stable Sergeant—Chevron of three stripes with a horse’s head
below them.
Fireman, Coast Artillery—Chevron of one stripe with one arc of
a circle below it and a device representing the governor of
an engine in the center.
Corporal—Chevron of two stripes.
Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal)—Chevron of one stripe.
Chief Mechanic—Two hammers crossed with a wreath below them.
Cook—A device representing a cook’s hat.
Artificer—Two hammers crossed.
Horseshoer—A horseshoe, toe up.
Mechanic—Two hammers crossed.
Saddler—A saddler’s round knife, edge up.
Wagoner—An eight spoke wheel.
Musician—A lyre.
Trumpeter—A bugle.
First class Private of Engineers—The castle insignia of the
Engineer Corps.
First class Private, Signal Corps—The Signal Corps insignia,
two crossed flags and a vertical torch.
First class Private Ordnance Corps—The Ordnance Corps insignia,
a bursting spherical shell.
First class Private Hospital Corps—The Hospital Corps insignia,
a caduceus.
First class Private, Quartermaster Corps—The insignia of the
Quartermaster Corps.
Casemate Electrician, Coast Artillery—A mine case with a bar
below it, enclosed in a circle.
Badge for Excellence at Target Practice, Coast Artillery—The
figure “1.”
Chief Planter, Coast Artillery—A mine case enclosed in a circle.
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