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1941-usl-steward-uss_westpoint.JPG
Ca. 1941-1945

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usl-1951-1958.jpg
Ca. 1946-1951.

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usl-1946-1951.JPG
Ca. 1951-1958(9).

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1927-usl-harding-tally.JPG
Ca. 1927. Cap Tally is most probably a souvenir.

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1951-usl-steward1-1.JPG
Ca. 1951

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1951-usl-officer2-1.jpg
Ca. 1951

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1951-usl-officer1-1.JPG
Ca. 1951

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1931-usl-officer2-1.jpg
Ca. 1931

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1943-usl-officer2-1.jpg
Ca. 1943-1945

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1920-usmailssco-1.jpg
Ca. 1920s. Also knows as U.S. Mail Line.

1943-usl-officer1-1.JPG
Ca. 1943.

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1930s-american-line-officer-1-1.jpg
Ca. 1920s. Enamel flag for cap badge.

1927-usl-officer1-2.jpg
Ca. 1927-1929. Badge does not glow; thus is period. Wire is non-magnetic and not tarnished, thus may be aluminum and not silver with a copper core.

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1932-usl-officer1-1.JPG
Ca. 1932-1938. Potential Able Seaman cap badge.

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1929-usl-officer1-1.jpg
Ca. 1929-1931.

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1940s-usn-warrant-mini-psquale-1.JPG
Ca. 1940s. Manu.: Pasquale

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milwaukee_yc-1.JPG
Ca. 1930. Milwaukee Yacht Club Member. Enamel button on wool and bullion backing.

1940s-usn-officer-capbadge-gemsco-1.JPG
Ca. 1940s. Manufacturer: Gemsco, New York.

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1940s-ats-capbadge-mini-1.JPG
Ca. 1942-1943, Manu.: Vanguard, New York.

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1940s-usms-officer-capbadge-vanguard-1.JPG
Ca. 1942. Manu. Vanguard, New York.

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1939-usl-capflag-1.JPG
Ca. 1939 Manu. Gemsco, New York. Enamel flag for cap badge.

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1920-usmailssco-1.jpg
Ca. 1920. Manu. S. Appel & Co., New York.

1940s-ats-officer-unk-1.JPG
Ca. 1940s. Manu.: Gordon B Miller & Company of Cincinnati, Ohio; potentially worn in SWPA.

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1942-usms-cpo-type2a-obv.JPG
Ca. 1942. Manu: American Emblem Company, Utica, New York. Material: Nickel and enamels.https://ianewatts.org/u-s-maritime-service-chief-petty-officer-4/

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IMG_0003.JPG
ca. 1939-1942.

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IMG_0002.JPG
ca. 1939-1941.

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usms-1942_47-cpo_garrison-type2-variant1-brass.JPG
Ca. 1942-1947. Manu.: Coro.

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usms-1942_47_cpo-standard-type2-variant2.JPG
Ca. 1942-1947. Manu.: Coro.

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usms-1942_45-cpo_standard-type2-variant2-toned.JPG
Ca. 1942-1947. Manu.: Coro.

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usms-1942_45-cpo_standard-type2-variant1-toned.JPG
Ca. 1942-1947. Manu.: Coro.

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usms-1942_45-cpo_standard-type2-variant1.JPG
Ca. 1942-1045. Manu. Coro.

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usms-1939_41-cpo_garrison-aeco-type1-nickel-obv.JPG
Ca. 1938-1942. Manu.: American Emblem Co. Kepper post sawed off and replaced with straight pin.

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usms-1938_42-cpo_standard-type1-nickel.JPG
Ca. 1938-1942. Manu.: American Emblem Co. Associated collar dog matches that of the USMS officer trainee from 1938-1939; there is no associated nickel collar dog.

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IMG_4084.JPG
Ca, 1939-1942

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usms-1938_42-cpo_standard_type1-brass.JPG
Ca. 1938-1942.

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IMG_3823.JPG
Ca, 1941-1945.

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IMG_3822.JPG
Ca. 1942-1945

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1942-usms-off.jpg
Ca. 1938-1942

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usms-1938_42-officer.jpg
Ca. 1938-1939 (1940-1942?).Manufacturer: N.S. Meyer. Cap badge worn by officer trainees of the U.S. Maritime Service at East coast training stations. Record includes collar dogs of the same.https://ianewatts.org/usms-cap-badges/

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1938-usms-officerinductee-1.jpg
Ca. 1938-1939 (1940-1942?). Cap badge issued to "officer enrollees"; the earliest image of cap badge is from Hoffman Island in 1939.

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ats-vanguard-1-1.jpg
Ca. 1942-1944. Manufacturer: Vanguard.

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hb-off-1.jpg
Ca. 1930s-1940s. Perhaps a restrike.

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tcwd-off-unk-1-1.jpg
Ca. 1945. Manufacturer: GEMSCO.

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tcwd-off-gemsco-2-1.jpg
Ca. 1945. Manufacturer: Gemsco.

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tcwd-off-gemsco-1-1.jpg
Ca. 1945. Manufacturer: Gemsco.

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tcwd-electrician-1.jpg
Ca. 2005.

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msc-watchman.jpg
Ca. 2005. Restrike of CPO cap badge "Watchman." Same device used in MSTS and MSC.

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tcwd-cpo-1.jpg
Ca. 1945-1949. Manufacturer: N.S. Meyer. This unofficial issue was created by using a USN CPO badge with the USN abbreviation removed and replaced with a TC wheel. The TC-WD did not have ranks, rather seaman license status; attribution of CPO is…

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ats-steward-beckman.jpg
Ca. 2005. Alan Beckman interpretation of an unofficial TC-WD cap badge; designation of CPO steward when no badge or “rank” existed in the organization.

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1945-usn-avcadet-1.JPG
Ca. 1941-1945. Cap device worn by offficer and aviation cadets on garrison hat. Device is a miniature of the full-size brest badge worn by qualified naval aviators. Eventually, this device was abandoned post war for the service coat collar insigne…

1944-usatc-mini-1.JPG
Ca. 1944-1948.

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panamamailssco_ceng-1.JPG
Ca. 1930s. Panama Mail Steamship Company was a subsidiary company of Grace Line (W. R. Grace & Co.) and was in operation from 1923 through the 1940s - when its ships were requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration. This cap badge was struck…

1930s-engine_cadet-1.JPG
ca. 1930s. If a ship were under contact to carry "mails" for the United States Government, the vessel was required to carry two cadets: one in the Deck Department, and another in the Engineering Department. Due to the connection with mail, the cadets…

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mm-luckenbach-01.JPG
Ca. 1930s. GEMSCO, Inc. cap flag is circa late 1930s; backing is of indeterminate age. Luckenback SS Co. was in operation from 1850 through 1974.

1929-usl-officer1-1.JPG
Ca. 1931.

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1929-usl-steward1-1.JPG
Ca. 1931.

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1940s-uk_merchantnavy-officer1.JPG
Ca. 1940s.

1940s-uk_merchantnavy-cpo1.JPG
Ca. 1940s. Cap badge affixed to mohair band.

1940s-uk_merchantnavy-cpo2.JPG
Ca. 1940s.

portugal-merchantnavy-officer.JPG

trinityhouse_pilot-2.jpg

trinityhouse_assistant-keeper.jpg

trinityhouse_principal_keeper.jpg

trinityhouse_pilot-1.jpg
ca. 1940s. Bullion wire on wool backing.

mm-luckenbach-01.JPG
Ca. early-1940s cap badge & post-1955 wool backing. Cap badge is early 1940s vintage as the materials and GEMSCO hallmark attest; the backing's keeper pins are positively dated to post 1955 per the configuration of the dimples (two pairs of two).

panamarrssline1-1.JPG
Ca. mid-1940s. Cap badge found on caps of Panama Railroad Steamship Line crewmembers.

uk-gpo-cable-1.JPG
Ca. 1930s-1940s. Cap badge worn by an officer aboard a United Kingdom cable ship operated by the General Post Office.The badge is woven and embroidered with a central device depicting an hourglass in the hand of Old Father Time being shattered by an…

mm-eng-01.JPG
Ca. 1930s-pre-1942. Cap badge worn by an A.B. or Engineer officer pre-war. It comprised of a wool badge sewn directly onto a mohair band. The band was removed from a cap which was unable to be conserved due to mold damage.The cap badge stitching is…

mainemma-1-1.JPG
Ca. unknown. Cap badge worn by a Maine Martime Academy Cadet. Device is without a hallmark. Cap band stitching suggests 1960s.

asal-1-1.JPG
Ca. 1940s. Cap badge worn by an officer with American South African Lines; in 1948 this company was reorganized and called Farrell Lines. The entire construction has the Gemsco (General Embroidery and Military Supply Company) manufacturer tag, and…

geodeticsurvey-1940s-1.JPG
Ca. 1940s-1950s. Cap badge worn by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey commissioned officers; the Gemsco General Embroidery and Military Supply Company) tag and logo is consistent with late-1940s and 1950s manufacture. In terms of construction,…

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isthmianssco-1940s-1.JPG
Ca. early-1940s. Cap badge worn by an Isthmian Steamship Co, officer; badge is woven with embroidered details. Distributor tag is All-Bilt.

apl-1940s-1-1.JPG
Ca. early-1940s. Cap badge used by an American President Lines officer. The central flag element has a Gemsco (General Embroidery and Military Supply Company) hallmark. Distributor of the badge is Appel Co.Please see the following page for more…

IMG_4568.JPG
Ca. 1942, The United States Maritime Service briefly issued trainees and enlisted members pancake hats until forbidden by the U.S. Navy in 1943. The tally is embroidered and not stamped (as are some examples).

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aeissco-1.JPG
Ca. 1964-1973. Cap badge for a senior officer on an American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines SS Co. ship.  The flag has no hallmark but is consistent with the time period.From wikipedia: "Jakob Isbrandtsen formed the American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines in…
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