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Check with the Office at Coast Guard headquarters that manages the Coast Guard Reserve. They publish a magazine called the RESERVIST. Their back issues used to be available on line but have since vanished. You can request they research their back archives. If I recall, the 1979,1981 issues had a series of articles concernigt that contest and the designs..

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Check with the Office at Coast Guard headquarters that manages the Coast Guard Reserve. They publish a magazine called the RESERVIST. Their back issues used to be available on line but have since vanished. You can request they research their back archives. If I recall, the 1979,1981 issues had a series of articles concernigt that contest and the designs..

Thanks MastersMate, but somewhere in the office I have the issues with the contest and winners announcements. Dad was one of the "Honorable mention" winners. I remember it was a really long time between the contest announcement and winners, like over a year, and then there was another delay after the final design, I think because they were coordinating the name and insignia change. Pretty sure dad was an E-8 before the change. I'll have to try and find his older stuff and post it all as a group in the propper forum. I took a picture of his bullion CG Specialty Mark too, but can't find it in my photos...

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An older Chief Electrician's Mate. Reverse side shown in next post.

 

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Reverse of older EMC rate.

 

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Quartermaster Chief Petty Officer and Storekeeper Chief Petty Officer, both on Khaki

 

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Two Cold War beauties, 1950's made by Gemsco, still in the wrapper.

They've been stored for decades and are gleaming like the day they were made.

 

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An older Chief Storekeeper rate.

 

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Another right arm SKC. This one is mssing a couple tail feathers.

 

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This pre-1948 TMC likely isn't very old, but I'm easily distracted by shiny objects, so I think it looks good.

 

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For those that collect the one of a kind or the OOPS versions, here is one that keeps showing up from time to time.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/U-S-Coast-Guard-Seinor-Chief-Yeoman-Rating-Patch-E-8-Dress-Serge-Use-Vanguard-/192207778738?hash=item2cc079f3b2:m:mP3HLk38s1nEed-P8CUngTw

 

What makes it unique, is the orientation of the star. Note that it has the single ray pointing UP,...... I would guess that this badge was made around 1999 to 2001. The CG CPOs felt that the E-8 star on the cap and collar insignia was too difficult for the peasants to notice. The CG flipped the star vertical and had it secured on top of the ring. Much like the CG Academy Cadet cap insignia. ;)

 

I would guess that Vanguard anticipated a change to the rating badge and produced some rating badges with the same star orientation as the cap and collar insignia. The change did not happen, YET. The last CG uniform board, about 3 years ago, announced they would investigate changing the rating badge so that ALL E-8 insignia would look the same..

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Approximately 6-700 crows landed into my collection - mist are NOS and in packages that have DSAs, manufacturers names and dates..and most are from 1969 and and earlier (that are packaged ). At least half are from WWII and into the early 50s. Included are many other pieces such as some fairly common worn (and a few unused) bullion rates.

 

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A few more...

 

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And finally...

 

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New silver...

 

Chief Ship's Cook on Gray

 

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I am thinking that this is a foreign made ENC...

 

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This right arm Chief Gunner's Mate seems to be more recent than WWII.

 

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Eek...this is what happens when one gets old and attempts to post photos from a phone without using his reading glasses. Yes, this is the Steward rating badge that I also meant to post.

 

Rally, are you sure this is a Chief Ships Cook? Looks more like a First Class Stewards Mate for the Grays to me. Could be wrong, but not so sure it's a Chief.

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Gray Steward is great, a limited timeframe.. Mid 1944 when Stewards were authorized the standard rating badge up until mid 1948 ?? when the gray uniform went the way of the DoDo Bird..

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Aye Rally,

 

.....and a first class too

 

Yeah. It was cool to see this one in the group. Believe it or not, I took the entire group just for the NAPs but the selection of bullion is nice.

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Gray Steward is great, a limited timeframe.. Mid 1944 when Stewards were authorized the standard rating badge up until mid 1948 ?? when the gray uniform went the way of the DoDo Bird..

 

I know that I am probably in the minority but the gray uniform is probably one of my favorites and scoring a CPO is on my list. I am part way there as I have a CPO combination cover.

 

I have a few other gray rating badges including two other bullion ratings (CArM and RdM) that I believe are a few pages back.

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Just a heads up, I'll be selling off most or all of my USN/USCG Greys collection soon

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There's an interesting 1946 Steward's Mate manual online, on p. 18 it shows their uniforms with a Steward/Cook 1c wearing grays with silver crow and specialty mark. I think he's a first class, anyway, the photo reproduction is not great.
Because stewards took care of officers' uniforms, there is also a section on them at p. 60.
That is a great haul of rating badges, thanks for posting!
Justin B.

 

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There's an interesting 1946 Steward's Mate manual online, on p. 18 it shows their uniforms with a Steward/Cook 1c wearing grays with silver crow and specialty mark. I think he's a first class, anyway, the photo reproduction is not great.
Because stewards took care of officers' uniforms, there is also a section on them at p. 60.
That is a great haul of rating badges, thanks for posting!
Justin B.

 

 

 

Thank you for the references, Justin!

 

I have several more to photograph and upload. Yeah, this is quite a haul that I am just starting to get my arms around in understanding what the previous owner did in terms of collecting and his methodology for what he saved and how he addressed "holes" in his collection and what he used as temporary placeholders.

 

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Approximately 6-700 crows landed into my collection - mist are NOS and in packages that have DSAs, manufacturers names and dates..and most are from 1969 and and earlier (that are packaged ). At least half are from WWII and into the early 50s. Included are many other pieces such as some fairly common worn (and a few unused) bullion rates.

 

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I've always been under the impression the style shown here is from the 1980s. Anyone else agree?

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When the USCG shifted their service dress blue uniform to the current style in the mid 1970s, CPO rating badges all shifted to the gold rating badge. The small stores issue gold CG rating badge had the sewn embroidered chevron and arch, the specialty mark and eagle were sewn embroidered in silver thread and were the same design eagle as the current style CG rating badge. The haskmarks and shield were the same basic machine embroidery. You could spend more $$ and buy the bullion embroidered and gold lace through Lighthouse or any other naval tailor.

 

If you check salute uniform website for USCG insignia you will find that style is still available from them.. The official photo of MCPO-CG Patton shows he wore that style rating badge around 2000.

 

 

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A new to me MMC gold with stripes I have not seen many left facing crows with the MM rate and I don't recall ever seeing the prop without full blades before its a shame there are some moth nips.

 

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