WAVE Uniform

[Mudge]

OK...I got the answer I needed about the WAVE Officer's hat. Time for another search request.

A little background first.

I re-enact WWII USAAF. Mrs. Mudge wants to get started in the re-enactor "game". She would like to re-enact WWII WAVE nurse officer. Here's the question...Does anyone here know where I can find a picture (or pictures) of a WWII WAVE nurse officer's uniform. I need a good frontal view so I can see what insignia is correct.

Any help will be greatly appreciated..

 

 

Mudge the searcher

[jpgrl]

OK...I got the answer I needed about the WAVE Officer's hat. Time for another search request.

A little background first.

I re-enact WWII USAAF. Mrs. Mudge wants to get started in the re-enactor "game". She would like to re-enact WWII WAVE nurse officer. Here's the question...Does anyone here know where I can find a picture (or pictures) of a WWII WAVE nurse officer's uniform. I need a good frontal view so I can see what insignia is correct.

Any help will be greatly appreciated..

Mudge the searcher

 

I didn't look through this site in detail, pesky work and all that, but there should be some photos here.

 

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpi...es/wave-ww2.htm

 

Stephanie

[doyler]

Try this link.Lots of stuff to look at.

 

Blitzkrieg Baby

 

RD

[Mudge]

I've scoured both those sites thoroughly. Couldn't find what I need. Thanks for the reply though.

 

Mudge the searcher

[collectsmedals]

Its not a picture, but here is a couple of WWII posters showing Navy Nurses.

[collectsmedals]

Here are two pictures I found. It looks like the Navy Nursing Corps was separate from the WAVES.

[Mudge]

Those pics are a big help. Thanks. Next question. What are the devices on the collar of the blouse worn with the whites? I suspect rank on the right and NNC on the left.

 

Mudge the pest

[collectsmedals]

The rank was the shown by the stripes on the cuffs or the shoulder boards. The collars would have left and right Navy Nurse Corps insignia.

[collectsmedals]

Here is a better picture of the hat.

[jpgrl]

OK...I got the answer I needed about the WAVE Officer's hat. Time for another search request.

A little background first.

I re-enact WWII USAAF. Mrs. Mudge wants to get started in the re-enactor "game". She would like to re-enact WWII WAVE nurse officer. Here's the question...Does anyone here know where I can find a picture (or pictures) of a WWII WAVE nurse officer's uniform. I need a good frontal view so I can see what insignia is correct.

Any help will be greatly appreciated..

Mudge the searcher

 

Sorry again no picture but here is a description from "Women at War 1939-45"

 

"Initially the Nurse Corps were not dressed in a military uniform, but in the ward dress of their civilian counterparts, a white duty costume, and a cap. Off cuty they wore civilian clothes. In the May 1941 regulations only the ward uniform and outer protective clothing were specified... An instruction of 20 March 1942 from the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery led to... blue and white service uniforms with blue and white caps, and a blue overcoat. The new blue, winter service uniform had a double-breasted reefer jacket with two rows of three gilt buttons, buttoning on the left; a blue skirt and a blue cap. The jacket was worn over a white shirt and black tie. On the collar of the jacket were worn the branch services of the NNC, the same on each side: a gold foul anchor with a gold oakleaf and acorn superimposed across the centre, the leaf bearing the cypher 'NNC'. Ranking was worn in the form of cuff lace, a sequence of gold or yellow stripes of 1/2 inch. width, the 'half-stripe' measuring 1/4 in. wide. The white uniform jacket was single-breasted with four pockets, three gilt buttons, and the same 'rolling' collar and notched lapels as the blue outfit. In this dress the collar devices were worn on the shirt, and the ranking on stiff dark blue shoulder-bards in the form of conventional transverse stripes across the ends. The collar insignia also varied in that a rank device was worn on the right-hand shirt collar point, and the NNC insignia on the left point only. Ranking paralleled US NAavy commissioned ranks from lieutenant-commander down:

 

Insignia on shirt collar (whites)-----Insignia on should-board (whites) and cuff (blues)------------NNC ranks-------------USN Ranks

Gold oak leaf---------Two 1/2 in. stripes, one 1/2 in. stripe between----------------Superintendent----------------Lt-Cdr.

 

Two silver bars------------Two 1/2 in. stripes--------------------------------Asst Superintendent---------------Lt.

 

One silver bar------------------One 1/2 in. stripe below one 1/4 in. stripe--------------Chief nurse------------------------Lt. (j.g.)

 

One gold bar---------------------One 1/2 in. stripe-------------------------Nurse----------------------Ensign

 

The caps had either blue or white crowns but were otherwise identical for both uniforms. In shape they resembled a male officer's peaked cap with the peak removed. The circular crown was about half an inch higher at the front than the back, and the black mohair band increase din width from 3/4 in. at the back to 1 1/4 in. at the front. There was a half-inch gold lace chinstrap, with keeps and buttons placed at the TOP, rather than the bottom edge of the band at the front; and the gilt NNC insignia was pinned to the front of the crown. All in all, the December 1942 orders brought the appearance of the NNC uniform much closer to that of the US Navy proper."

 

Sorry, I just realized the formatting of the table won't take so I put dashes in between each, try to picture it in a table

 

Hope this helps

Stephanie

[US Victory Museum]

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...showtopic=13603

 

See this old post.

[1stDivVet]

Here's mine.. No collar insignia, but I'm not sure if they still wore it when they had it on the sleeve too. This one is late war.

 

Fins..

[a6skin9]

OK...I got the answer I needed about the WAVE Officer's hat. Time for another search request.

A little background first.

I re-enact WWII USAAF. Mrs. Mudge wants to get started in the re-enactor "game". She would like to re-enact WWII WAVE nurse officer. Here's the question...Does anyone here know where I can find a picture (or pictures) of a WWII WAVE nurse officer's uniform. I need a good frontal view so I can see what insignia is correct.

Any help will be greatly appreciated..

Mudge the searcher

 

Not to be picky but a WAVES officer and a Navy Nurse officer are two different bowls of fish. They were seperate services, wore differnt uniforms and performed different duties. Uniforms didn't become standardized between the two until after the war.

Have Mrs. Mudge join this site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AWHMS/

There she can get in touch with other women who do WAVES and Navy Nurse impressions and get all the help she needs.

Also if you pm me I can send you a list of reference materials relating to women's naval services. I have been collecting women's militaria for about 20 years now and helped organize the WAVES detachment of the Battleship North Carolina with my ex about 10 years ago.