CTI1610 Posted August 10, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 10, 2014 Here's my small collection of ten white rates with red chevrons. There will be six photos in this post, four in a follow-up post. This is my first attempt at posting photos, so please bear with me if this goes haywire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTI1610 Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted August 10, 2014 Okay...so far so good. Here are last four photos. The first class pharmacist's rate apparently has had a hard life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted August 10, 2014 Share #3 Posted August 10, 2014 Very attractive crows! thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navyman Posted August 11, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 11, 2014 Here's my small collection of ten white rates with red chevrons. There will be six photos in this post, four in a follow-up post. This is my first attempt at posting photos, so please bear with me if this goes haywire... The machinist mate on the bottom left is pre 1900. Probably early 1890's. The 1905-1913 white rates are my favorite. They are very patriotic with the red, white, and blue colors used. Nice collection. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTI1610 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted August 11, 2014 Thanks for the nice comments, guys. Yeah...after I posted the photos I realized my error regarding the pre-1900 rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busternfo Posted August 11, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 11, 2014 Beautiful rating badges! The Master At Arms PO1 is killer. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Minton Posted August 11, 2014 Share #7 Posted August 11, 2014 Very nice collection; I have only two myself. They don't come up for sale very often, and when they do, are usually pretty pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted August 12, 2014 Share #8 Posted August 12, 2014 The machinist mate on the bottom left is pre 1900. Probably early 1890's. The 1905-1913 white rates are my favorite. They are very patriotic with the red, white, and blue colors used. Nice collection. Jason JASON: Long time, no hear? We left California after 32 years to live in Florida the past 2-1/2 years. They did have some good insignia shows in southern California as a place to pick up navy rates, of course stuff issued long after the Second World War! John C. Helvey certainly had great navy rates; lots of good CPO rates too! CWO-4 Lester Tucker and John Stacey have a lot of knowledge about navy rates, Stacey published several nice books on specialty marks and rates. Anyone who likes can see "Crow's Nest" at https://picasaweb.google.com/booker1942 as well as Navy uniform regulations for 1883, 1886, 1893 and 1905 as well as the 1941 set which was the last one to have colour plates in it before the Second World War. Jason, you have a good website too as well as Ian Watts, his on on merchant marine. Always good to see new collectors of navy rates, welcome aboard! Herbert Booker of Palom Coast, Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navyman Posted August 15, 2014 Share #9 Posted August 15, 2014 Hi Sarge, Yeah it has been a while. I have been off and on collecting. Really not that much lately. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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