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U.S. Navy rank marks.
Topics: Admiral, Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral, Commodore, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander,...
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Dec 28, 2016
12/16
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Herbert Booker
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Cuff rank insignia stripes and shoulder rank marks and collar brass.
Topics: Ensign, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Lieutenant Senior Grade, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain,...
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Mar 12, 2016
03/16
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"How to tell the rank of any member of our armed forces."
Topics: United States Navy, Admiral, Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral, Commodore, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant...
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Mar 15, 2016
03/16
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Herbert Booker
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Rank Marks have been worn since 1898 to the present, before 1898 naval officers wore rank straps similar to the U.S. Army rank straps.
Topics: Admiral, ADM, Vice Admiral, VADM, Rear Admiral, RADM, Commodore, Captain, Commander, Lieutenant...
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May 3, 2016
05/16
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A small booklet in colour of the uniforms and insignia of the United States Navy, U.S. Navy Reserve, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S.C.G. Reserve, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in the Second World War.
Topics: 1944 A Guide to U.S. Navy Insignia, Badges and Insignia, World War Two, WW2, WWII, Second World...
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Dec 12, 2017
12/17
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Herbert Booker
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Headgear of the United States Navy in World War One.
Topics: C.P.O., Chief Petty Officer, Ensign to Lieutenant Commander, Massachusetts Naval Militia, Commander...
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Jan 6, 2016
01/16
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One could tell branch and rank insignia by the the gold stripes on the collars, trousers, rank straps, cap device, etc. In 1869 the various cap devices for the line officers and branches was replaced by a small eagle atop a large U.S. shield with over crossed anchor, later the eagle was increased in size remained almost the same except in the early 1940s the eagle changed with looking to the opposite direction.
Topics: Line Officers, Medical Department, Paymaster Department, U.S.Navy, United States Navy, Chaplains,...
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Jul 7, 2016
07/16
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Herbert Booker
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Portraits of famous United States of America's Civil War and earlier officers of the Navy of the United States.
Topics: Admiral David Glasgow Farragut 1801-1870, Admiral David Dixon Porter 1813-1891, Assistant Secretary...
