USN Officer Insignia made by Beverly Craft

[McDermut99]

Picked this out of a tray of misc. insignia the other day. From what I have read Beverly Craft went out of business during the war, and produced mostly Air Corps wings but also produced other insignia including officer ranks. Due to the size of the bar I believe it to be USN, but there seems to have been some discussion about previous officer ranks made by Beverly being either navy or army due to the presence or lack thereof beveled edges. My example does not have beveling on all its edges which further leads me to believe it is navy. Any further information about this piece would be greatly appreciated.

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Navy overseas cap insignia IMHO

[David Minton]

Navy overseas cap insignia IMHO

Out of curiosity, how would this be differentiated from a collar insignia?

[KurtA]

Out of curiosity, how would this be differentiated from a collar insignia?

 

Would not be. Collar and cap rank insignia are the same size.

[Salvage Sailor]

+1

 

Small and flat for both the overseas cap and collar insignia

 

Ensign example