W.A.V.E.S. Yellow shoulder patch

[Flashlarue]

Has anyone seen a yellow felt diamond shaped shoulder patch used on a WAVES uniform? What would be the time period for the jacket?

 

 

[Flashlarue]

More photos of the jacket.

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Post-WWII Waves Trainee patch

 

http://www.marinersmuseum.org/blog/2013/07/july-artifact-of-the-month-waves-uniform/

 

...and one from my collection

[Salvage Sailor]

Correction to my date above, could be WWII as WAVES used the apprentice stripes during WWII

 

They changed for the male uniforms in the 1947 Uniform Regulations

[Flashlarue]

Would the gold buttons on the jacket indicate post war issue?

[Edelweisse]

WOW...nice jacket...1st time for me to see this patch on an actual WAVES jacket.

[MastersMate]

Minor bit of trivia concerning the diagonal stripes or half chevrons.

 

On the blue jumper uniform , one sleeve cuff stripe was apprentice seaman, two stripes was seaman 2nd class, three stripes was for seaman 1st class and petty officers.

 

When the sleeve stripes were adopted for the WAVES, the 1, 2, or 3 stripes followed suit.

 

The CG Historians site has some indications that the sleeve stripes originated as a CG SPAR specific insignia and the USN followed the CG lead for non rated females..

[Flashlarue]

How difficult would it be to track down this WAVES service record? B. S. Williams, service number 4649073.

[29navy]

According to the Mariner's Museums page regarding the uniform, she joined the WAVES in 1955, which would indicate the date. Haven't seen these for WWII. Of course they stopped being WAVES (officially) in 1948 but were still called WAVES til much later.

[29navy]

Here's the description in the 1951 Uniform Regs:

[Flashlarue]

Thank you 29navy. Does Mariner's Museum page give her full name, all I have are her initials?

[29navy]

In re-reading the original post and the Mariner's Museum article, it seems we (or at least I) are talking two separate items. The pictures of the Jacket (posted) and the patch at the Mariner's Museum are two different items owned by two different people, so one is not related to the other. However, it appears that the patch is from the 1950's maybe late 1940's. One thing is that the contract number on the posted uniform appears to be an N140 contract. I believe that N140 was post war, N140S was war time.

[Flashlarue]

I thought the N140 designated the manufacturer and not a time frame of manufacture. If the navy used the same manufacturer from the 1940's to the 1960's that designator, N140, would remain the same for the entire time. Am I wrong?

[sigsaye]

The brass buttons are post war