WWII Battleship police force badges
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WWII Battleship police force badges
Took these on the Battleship Alabama. Each battleship had its own Master At Arms and military police force as well as a brig to put the "bad apples" in.
Other crew members wore buttons for a different reason
Seems all enlisted men below the rank of chief petty officer wore buttons to show their assigned watch section and division.
I don't really know much about them
I never was in the Navy so I have no idea other than what was printed on the display. Maybe somebody will come along that knows more about it. I would think some of these kinds of pins would be collected by somebody somewhere.
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Well here is a great opportunity for you to contact the crewmans association Robert and ask them about itTom-May wrote:Niner,
Those appear to be pin-backed badges - do you know if they were worn on the regular day-to-day uniform or only on, say, foul weather coats etc. where regular 'trade' badges couldn't be read?
Tom
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What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.