Merchant Marine and Government Marine Uniforms and Insignia
Title
Merchant Marine and Government Marine Uniforms and Insignia
Description
The maritime trades and the government marine have traditionally shared similar headwear and uniforms with that of the armed marine - the United States Navy. In this collection please find representative uniforms and insignia from private and government concerns primarily from the mid-twentieth century.
Collection Items
Uniform, United States Maritime Service, Reefer, Service Dress Blue, CPO Boiler Mate.
Ca. October, 1942. ex-Goodman.
Epaulette, United States Maritime Service, Officer Candidate
Ca. 1944-1945. Boards are unmarked, flat. and with cap buttons with plastic shanks.
Insignia, Identifier, United States Maritime Service
ca. 1941-1942. The United States Maritime Service (USMS) - to create a distinct corporate identity added patches above enlisted rate patches to denote the wearers as members of USMS and not another service. These patches were abandoned in 1943 with…
Insignia, Brassard, United States Maritime Service. Shore Patrol
Ca. 1944. Brassard is of felt with applied felt letters. It was affixed around the arm by a safety pin.
Insignia, Aiguillette, United States Maritime Service, Shore Patrol
Ca. 194-1945. Ceremonial aiguillette.
Badge, United States Maritime Service Training Station Police
Ca. 1942. Badge worn by station police; unknown training station. Made of a zinc alloy. Manufactured by F. G. Clover, Co. of New York City.
Epaulettes and Buttons, International Merchantile Marine - United States Lines, Officer.
Ca. 1930s. The epaulettes and buttons were removed from an old set of whites; in total there were five 40 ligne and two 28 ligne buttons. This catalog item shows only one of each button, as many are heavily tarnished. The buttons were affixed to the…
Insignia, Merchant Marine, Deck officer cuff devices
Ca. 1940s. As worn above rank lace, these devices denoted a deck officer;
Badge, United States Naval Reserve
Ca. 1938-1941 (mid -1942). Removable USNR cloth badge. Until the advent of stamped-metal badges. embroidered badges with pin backs were used on both blue and white uniforms.
Epaulettes, Merchant Marine, Senior Lieutenant (Deck)
Ca. 1940s. These epaulettes were worn with the white uniform.
Epaulette, Merchant Marine, Assistant Purser
Ca. 1940s. This epaulette was worn by an individual in the Steward's Department and has the double-quill marker of a ship's purser. Larger shipping concerns or steamship companies used colored cloth between lace on shoulder boards (epaulettes) and…
Epaulettes, United States Maritime Service, Captain
Ca. 1942-1943. These shoulder boards belonged to a captain in the USMS, For the time period, a captain in USMS was either a Master or Chief Engineer of a passenger or combination vessel of over 8,500 gross tons.
Patch (Lapel), Matson Navigation Co.
In the 1930s and 1940s, licensed officers and stewards wore a Matson house flag on their lapels. This was a not a common uniform device and was used by a few of the larger steamship companies; e.g. Robin Line and Matson.
Photograph, United Fruit, 2nd Officer
Ca. 1940s. United Fruit 2nd Officer - as noted on cap band. The shoulder boards are of the generial deck officer type as was common in the early 1940s.
Badge, United States Maritime Service, United States Maritime Service Training Station Patrol
Ca. 1944. Each USMSTS had its own version of the United States Navy Shore Patrol; these units were responsible for the safety and security of all in the training establishments.
This badge was produced by badge manufacturer, F. G. Glover…
This badge was produced by badge manufacturer, F. G. Glover…
