1898-1946 Naval Rank Marks (Shoulder Boards)

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1898-1917 Admiral of the Navy, George Dewey's rank mark (shoulder board) based on the actual insignia drawn 400% larger than actual size in India with a drafting pen on velumpaper by myself in the late 1980s. This is the first of many pieces of unpublished art showing the insigne of Flag Rank naval officers. Sarge Booker of Tujunga, California ([email protected]) Get free email scans like these every day by emailing me. [The rank mark has two-inches wide gold lace with two embroidered gold bullion anchors at each end with four silver embroidered stars, two atop those anchors.]

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Admiral of the Navy. (Variation.)

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Fleet Admiral rank mark.

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WW1 full Admiral rank mark.

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Admiral.

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Admiral, Civil Engineer Corps, WW2.

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Admiral, C.E.C. (variation).

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Vice Admiral, WW1.

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Vice Admiral, WW1,variation.

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Vice Admiral, WW2.

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Vice Admiral, variation.

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Vice Admiral, another variation.

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Vice Admiral, Mechant Marine, WW2.

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Rear Admiral, WW1.

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Rear Admiral, Medical, WW2.

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Rear Admiral, Civil Engineer Corps, 1898.

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Rear Admiral, C.E.C., 1899.

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Rear Admiral, C.E.C., 1900.

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That booker artist sure had a way with the pen!

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Rear Admiral, Naval Constructor, 1898.

 

That booker artist sure had a way with the pen!

 

Thanks, but as an artist I became obsolete with the computer's programmes like the one that draws for you and besides, people want colour, not black & white, look at Ted Turner "colourizing" B&W motion picture films, gasp! Used to illustrate for those who wanted to write books on insignia and a few actually were published, for instance those by Jim McDuff's second editions on officer's branch insignia and enlisted collar disks, and a few others. You know it was no easy task locating photographs of admirals to work from and illustrate their rank marks (should boards). An outfit in Australia published several thousand images I drew of British Empire insignia, etc., did you know? Good to hear from you BLUE HAWK!

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Well... I respect your skill.

 

Remember the old timey medical illustrators?

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Rear Admiral, Pay Corps, 1898.

 

 

Well... I respect your skill.

 

Remember the old timey medical illustrators?

 

BLUE HAWK:

Used to have large books with a centerfold of transparent pages with illustrations of the inside of the human body layer by layer as you peeled the pages back and arrived at the skeleton. Thank you for your kind thoughts.

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Commodore, WW1.

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Commodore, WW1.