I scored a pair of new WW2 issue shoulder boards in there Vanguard box, I bought them as Navy ones and didnt think any more of it until I was looking at some MSTS history and then it twigged, my boards have MSTS on the buttons, there LT Cdr boards and have an Oak Leaf, what does the Oak Leaf indicate? am still learning about American ranks and rates,
Shoulder board Identity
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wingman68
, Jun 30 2008 10:01 PM
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Posted 30 June 2008 - 10:01 PM
Always on the look out for Navy related gear not forgetting the Coast Guard and the forgotten US Maritime Service and the ATC the Armys Navy.
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Dad Sgt LJ Cox ex 27RSAR 1962 to 1978 and Sgt qualified Inspector Northern Territory Police 1971 to 1980
RIP
Rossco Cox 70th AASL Darwin 41-45
Harold Williamson 12Batt KIA Gallipoli 1915
C E Pannell 55 Sqdn RAAF Middle East
William Bowes 3rd Light Horse Gallipoli and Palestine,Middle East
The 3 Bowes boys Max, Herb,Theo the Tobruk Rats 10 batt went to war at the ages of 14 to 16.
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Posted 01 July 2008 - 06:36 AM
The MSTS was organized in 1949 but the boards could be one of a couple of organizations during WWII that it replaced so basically they are not WWII or they are not MSTS. As for the oak leaf, they use the Navy system and the oak leaf could be one of several branches depending on the angle and acorns or branches and the like. With out a picture, really can't tell anything.
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Posted 01 July 2008 - 05:17 PM
Uptop is a pic i just took, its a bit dark but you can see the detail, the button has an anchor with MSTS down the middle, its not a Lt Cdr as originally stated, I mixed it up with the Medical ones I have.,I scored a pair of new WW2 issue shoulder boards in there Vanguard box, I bought them as Navy ones and didnt think any more of it until I was looking at some MSTS history and then it twigged, my boards have MSTS on the buttons, there LT Cdr boards and have an Oak Leaf, what does the Oak Leaf indicate? am still learning about American ranks and rates,
Always on the look out for Navy related gear not forgetting the Coast Guard and the forgotten US Maritime Service and the ATC the Armys Navy.
The Living
Dad Sgt LJ Cox ex 27RSAR 1962 to 1978 and Sgt qualified Inspector Northern Territory Police 1971 to 1980
RIP
Rossco Cox 70th AASL Darwin 41-45
Harold Williamson 12Batt KIA Gallipoli 1915
C E Pannell 55 Sqdn RAAF Middle East
William Bowes 3rd Light Horse Gallipoli and Palestine,Middle East
The 3 Bowes boys Max, Herb,Theo the Tobruk Rats 10 batt went to war at the ages of 14 to 16.
The Living
Dad Sgt LJ Cox ex 27RSAR 1962 to 1978 and Sgt qualified Inspector Northern Territory Police 1971 to 1980
RIP
Rossco Cox 70th AASL Darwin 41-45
Harold Williamson 12Batt KIA Gallipoli 1915
C E Pannell 55 Sqdn RAAF Middle East
William Bowes 3rd Light Horse Gallipoli and Palestine,Middle East
The 3 Bowes boys Max, Herb,Theo the Tobruk Rats 10 batt went to war at the ages of 14 to 16.
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Posted 01 July 2008 - 05:22 PM
Those are for an ensign in the Supply Corps.
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