Blue dress uniform 1936 Engineer corps

[Jamecharles]

Hi all i wanna show you one of my 1936 Blue dress uniform engineer corps, i've catch it few months ago but i was not able to take some photos until this evening .

I've set it as a Blue dress set so colored shoulder board instead bullion shoulder knots, ribbons and without dress belt.

 

 

This uniform could be used in 3 differents ways:

 

- Blue dress : classic white shirt , black tie, ribbons , jacket with shoulder epaulette (made just like the USN epaulette but with colors of the arms you'r assigned) visor and trousers

- Full Blue dress : white shirt , black tie, medals , jacket with shoulder knot visor, dress belt and trousers

- Special Blue dress : Tuxedo white shirt , black Bowtie, medals , jacket with shoulder knot visor, dress belt and trousers

 

hope you like it and hope to recive alot of good comments down here

 

Ciao

 

PS: in the first photo i forgot to put on the us and engineer pins and in the second photo i've exposed another engineer Blue dress but in 1937 version, just the most famous one to comparison ( unfortunatelly without shoulder boards but they 'll arrive soon.... hope so!)

 

Giancarlo

[Justin B.]

That's a great example to have, the 1936 model was pretty short-lived! I assume "Essayons" buttons on the shoulder boards?

 

I have to admit I can see why they switched to shoulder straps, the big colored boards look a little over-the-top.

 

Thanks for showing,

Justin B.

[Jamecharles]

all buttons are essayons

here a detail of the shoulder pads, on backs are marked meyers in gold ink just like some of USN officer SHoulder board.

I'm really curious to see other 1936 BD uniforms, i've 4 examples in my collection but i never seen others around, if any forum member have one please post here could be really great see others

 

Giancarlo

[Jamecharles]

noone have another example of 1936 BD ?

[rathbonemuseum.com]

Bringing this back to the top to see if any new ones have come forward.

[mklyx]

Looks like the pics are obsolete and could no longer be loaded. Could anyone help share them again there? Thanks!

[mklyx]

Also, is there a place to find the complete document of War Dept. Circular 66 on 13 October 1936? Does it include official sketches/images showing the specs of the 1936 Blue Dress uniform?

[Justin B.]

On 11/22/2025 at 3:28 PM, mklyx said:

Also, is there a place to find the complete document of War Dept. Circular 66 on 13 October 1936? Does it include official sketches/images showing the specs of the 1936 Blue Dress uniform?

 

It does but it's just a pretty basic hand-drawn sketch. I'll work on getting them online.

[Justin B.]

Here you go. Sorry about the lines and writing on the pages, but that's what I've got!
https://archive.org/details/us-army-officer-dress-uniform-documents-1936-1937

[Father V]

You weren’t kidding when you were talking about the crudeness of these drawings, were you?

[Justin B.]

10 hours ago, Father V said:

You weren’t kidding when you were talking about the crudeness of these drawings, were you?

 

Saving money in the Depression maybe!

[mklyx]

On 11/24/2025 at 5:16 PM, Justin B. said:

Here you go. Sorry about the lines and writing on the pages, but that's what I've got!
https://archive.org/details/us-army-officer-dress-uniform-documents-1936-1937

Wow.... what a comprehensive one! Thank you so much!

[Justin B.]

Here is AR 600-38, the comprehensive 1938 officer dress uniform regulation.
https://archive.org/details/us-army-dress-uniform-regulations-1938-ar-600-38