Justin B. Posted July 7, 2011 Share #26 Posted July 7, 2011 Interesting that the Fleet Admiral is shown with the arms of the stars pointing inwards. All others show a pentagon shaped inside. Wonder if this was a graphics mistake or if the Navy 5-star rank insignia was different than Army/AAC. It's a mistake. There are photos of fleet admirals soon after Dec. 1944 wearing the conventional pentagon stars. In a biography of MacArthur it was related that Adm. Nimitz's navy metalsmiths made his new collar insignia so quickly that there was a small crisis about Mac getting similar insignia in time for a meeting with the admiral. Best regards, Justin . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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