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tcwd-electrician-1.jpg
Ca. 2005.

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

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

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

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usn-1970s-russell-1.JPG
ca. 1970s. ex-Edgar Farr Russell, Jr. Worn by Capt. Russell while he commanded Naval Intelligence Command Reserve Unit 406 and Naval Reserve Intelligence Volunteer Training Unit 106. The cap badge is circa 1950s.

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Circa 1970s. See last note in link about Zummies:http://ianewatts.org/blog/2018/01/17/u-s-naval-reserve-insignia-reprise

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usn-1940s-ittel-1.JPG
Circa 1940s. Ex-William H. Ittel. Worn while in command of USS LCI(L) 880.

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89_original.jpg
Ca. 1980s.

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usms-1980s-renick-1.JPG
Ca. 1970s-1980s. ex-Captain Charles M. Renick. Cap frame is circa 1970s or 1980s; photographic evidence shows cap worn in 1984. Cap badge is circa 1960s. The business card in the cap is at least from July-August 1989, when Captain Renick assumed the…

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111_original.jpg
Ca. 1940s.

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217_original.jpg
Ca. 1940s.

1930s-bosun-1.JPG
Ca. 1930s. Manufacturer: Appel & Co., New York.

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Ca. 1940s.

usmm-ab-1.JPG
Ca. 1940s. Cap components are interesting; various elements are indicative of cap being repaired over time.

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Circa 1930s. ex-Lorn W. York. Mr. York was a quartermaster aboard the American Mail Line steamships SS President Cleveland and SS President Jackson.

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aml-master-1930s-1.jpg
Ca. late 1930s. ex-John S. Smith (?). Custom cap to a ship's master made in Shanghai, China.  Cap manufactured by New Bright Cap Company, Shanghai, China. Construction is wicker frame with grey leather sweatband; cap badge is unmarked.(?) Despite cap…

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47_original.jpg
Ca. 1960s.

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56_original.jpg
Ca. 1990s.

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241_original.jpg
Ca. 1943. Cap badge construction is of 1943 manufacture; the chin strap buttons (bodkins) are of a pre-1941 manufacture.

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139_original.jpg
Ca. 1944-1946.

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usms-1940s-upham-1.JPG
ca. 1940s. ex-David L. Upham.

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usms-1949-russell-1.JPG
circa 1949-1952. ex-Edgar Farr Russell, Jr. Capt. Russell was a 1949 graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy; this was his cap at graduation.

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usms-officer-1944-1.JPG
Ca. 1944.

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usms-officer-1940s2_1.JPG
Ca. 1940s. Cap badge is of Vanguard manufacture with smooth ribbon on the wreath element.

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1956-cap-usl-jjsmith1.JPG
Ca, 1956. Ex-James J. Smith. 1956 awardee of USL DSM.

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249_original.jpg
Ca. 1940s. Manu.: Vanguard.

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222_original.jpg
Ca. 1955-1966. Cap device has Pegasus over stylized "V"; employed when Socony-Vacuum became Socony Mobil Oil Co. in 1955.

1944-nommp-1.JPG
Ca. 1944. Manu: cap, Gus Kroesen, San Francisco; cap badge, Vanguard. The cap in context may be found here:

http://ianewatts.org/nommp-not-ussb

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51_original.jpg
Ca. 1971.

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212_original.jpg
Ca. 1940s.

200_original.jpg
Ca. 1949. Type 1. Although cap and badge are original, the cap band is not regulation. The present band is that of a United States Navy Officer (Commissioned).

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84_original.jpg
Ca. 1970s.

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232_original.jpg
Ca. 1944. The cap in context may be found here:

http://ianewatts.org/nommp-not-ussb

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usmma-1940s-uphham-1.JPG
ca. 1940s. ex-David L. Upham.

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76_original.jpg
Ca. 1940s.

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119_original.jpg
Ca. 1940s.

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101_original.jpg
Ca. 1940s.

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66_original.jpg
Ca. 1940s. Crown is without grommet.

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Ca, 1960s. Buttons of the United Kingdom-flagged Cunard Line officer. The company is now a subsidiary of the ill-fated Carnival Cruise Line.Cunard Line officers, since they were members of the British Merchant Navy worn Merchant Navy buttons, and not…

usat-button-2nd-go6-1.JPG
Button, United States Army, Transport Service (2nd pattern), GO-6.

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button-nyyc-obv.jpg
Ca. 1920s

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stull-box-2.JPG
Custom box used to store a universal bearing finder. Captain Elmer J. Stull's personal stamp is on the lid and base of the box. From the estate of Captain Elmer J. Stull.

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Informational booklet published by the United States Maritime Service in 1945 about the training program at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York.

The booklet was sent by Joseph Paul Kavasky to his father most probably just prior to his shipping out…

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1942-navwookbook-ittel-1.jpg
ca. October 1942. ex-William Ittel. "The Navigation Work Book." Workbooks of this sort were filled out by deck cadets with essential information provided by their instructors; upon graduation, they were often carried by junior officers as…

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usmma-blazerpatch1-1.JPG
Ca. Unknown, perhaps early 2000s. ex-David Linwood Geyer, USMMA '44. Obituary claims 1944, old Alumni Association newsletter states 1943, present 1944; not present in 1944 Midships.After Mr. Geyer graduated from USMMA, he went to work for United…

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paris-binoculars-1.jpg
Ca. 1920s. Unknown manufacturer; marked Paris "Merchant Marine." Brass covered in leather.

usnr-badge-1949-russell-1.jpg
ca. 1945. ex-Edgar Farr Russell, Jr. Worn by Capt. Russell during his tenure at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and shortly thereafter.

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usnr1-1.JPG
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.

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usms-usmsts-patrol-1.JPG
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…

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badge-police-usmsts-1.JPG
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.

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176_original.jpg
Ca. 1942.

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ammm_badge-mm-service-emblem.jpg
Ca. 1944

ammm_badge-mm-honorabledischarge.jpg
Ca. 1944

2020-basclub-badge-1.JPG
Ca. 2020. Blazer badge for members of the British Antarctic Survey Club.  The central device is that of the British Antarctic Territory; the official description is thus: On 11 March 1952, the Falkland Island Dependencies (constituted in 1908,…

1942-maritimeeagle-award-mmofficer-1.JPG
Ca. 1942. Hallmark: "Sterling by Orber" - Orber Manufacturing Company, Rhode Island.

1942-maritimeeagle-award-mmmen-1.JPG
Ca. 1942.
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