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 chin strap for all commissioned officers except chaplains is of
black leather covered with gold lace braid one-half inch wide; for
chaplains it is made of lustrous black mohair, as shown by figure 8.
The chin strap for warrant officers’ caps is one-quarter of an inch in
width, figure 10.
The cap device embroidered on the center and front of the caps of all
commissioned officers consists of a silver shield emblazoned paleways
of thirteen pieces, with chief strewn with stars, surmounted by a
silver spread eagle, the whole placed upon two crossed foul anchors
in gold, as shown by the illustration. The cap device for warrant
officers’ caps consists of the two crossed foul anchors in gold, as
shown by figure 10.
The blue cap for all commissioned officers below the rank of commander
has a plain black patent leather visor, figure 9.
The white caps for all officers are similar in shape to the blue caps,
the band, cap devices, chin straps and visor decorations for the
different corps and ranks being the same as for the blue caps of the
same officers, figure 2.
The cap for Warrant officers is the same as that for commissioned
officers except that the device worn on the front consists of two
gold foul anchors crossed and the chin strap of gold braid is but
one-quarter of an inch wide, figure 10.
INSIGNIA OF RANK AND CORPS
The rank of officers of the Navy is indicated in four ways: first, by
stripes upon the sleeves of the special full dress coat, frock coat,
evening dress coat, blue service coat and overcoat; second, by rank
insignia on each side of the front opening of the collar of the blue
service coat; third, by stripes upon the shoulder marks (or straps)
worn on the white service coat, the mess jacket and the overcoat; and
fourth, by rank insignia on the upper surface of the epaulets worn
with special full dress, full dress and evening dress. These stripes
indicating rank encircle the sleeves, the lower one being two inches
above the edge of the sleeve and parallel to it; on all blue coats
except the overcoat they are of gold lace braid, except for chaplains
who wear black braid stripes; and on the overcoats of all commissioned
officers they are of black mohair braid.
[Illustration: U. S. Navy. Officers’ sleeve braiding indicating rank
Gold braid on special full dress, full dress, evening dress and blue
service coats. Black braid on overcoats, without the stars
1. Admiral of the Navy 2. Admiral
3. Vice Admiral 4. Rear Admiral]
[Illustration: U. S. Navy. Officers’ sleeve braiding indicating rank
Gold braid on special full dress, full dress, evening dress and blue
service coats. Black braid on overcoats, without the stars
1. Commodore 2. Captain
3. Commander 4. Lieutenant Commander]
[Illustration: U. S. Navy. Officers’ sleeve braiding indicating rank
Gold braid on special full dress, full dress, evening dress and blue
service coats. Black braid on overcoats, without the stars
1. Lieutenant 2. Lieutenant, Junior Grade
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