Couple navy buckles I found

[JohnK83882]

[sigsaye]

3 minutes ago, JohnK83882 said:

Very nice. The PO2 buckle is post 1973. About that time, the Navy shifted E-6 and below from brass to pewter, (Silver). The Sperry buckle, originally had a separate piece that was attached to the buckle that was a silhouette of a Fletcher Class DD. These fell off routinely. Everyone I had when I was in, lost the ship. But, one ship I was on, guys would take their buckle to the machine shop, and pop the ship off and have it welded back on , like it was sinking, broken in half, capsized, Sailor humor. 

[JohnK83882]

8 minutes ago, sigsaye said:

Very nice. The PO2 buckle is post 1973. About that time, the Navy shifted E-6 and below from brass to pewter, (Silver). The Sperry buckle, originally had a separate piece that was attached to the buckle that was a silhouette of a Fletcher Class DD. These fell off routinely. Everyone I had when I was in, lost the ship. But, one ship I was on, guys would take their buckle to the machine shop, and pop the ship off and have it welded back on , like it was sinking, broken in half, capsized, Sailor humor. 

 I'll update my ebay listing on the PO2 buckle. Thanks. 

 

Is the Sperry buckle a modified issue item or strictly a consumer purchase item the navy tolerated?

[sigsaye]

11 hours ago, JohnK83882 said:

 I'll update my ebay listing on the PO2 buckle. Thanks. 

 

Is the Sperry buckle a modified issue item or strictly a consumer purchase item the navy tolerated?

Both are consumer purchase. Ships buckles were sold in the ships store. The PO buckles were sold in the exchange 

[JohnK83882]

Thanks. You were right about the ship stuck on those. Here's one from ebay.

 

[sigsaye]

3 minutes ago, JohnK83882 said:

Thanks. You were right about the ship stuck on those. Here's one from ebay.

 

My first 2 ships had this type of buckle the ships fell off pretty quickly. They probably got hung up on something my other ships had engraved and painted “Zippo” buckles. Preferred them.