Steindaddie Posted October 14, 2009 Share #1 Posted October 14, 2009 My wife found this coat at a local garage sale and, thinking "it looked kinda cute", paid 25 cents for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share #2 Posted October 14, 2009 Well, that last photo was poorly focused :ermm: So here's another (minus wife) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted October 14, 2009 I'm not up on my navy rates - any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted October 14, 2009 Share #4 Posted October 14, 2009 Petty Officer second class. The X in the diamond is a "Specialist Not Elsewhere Classified", which isn't much help, although it seems to a catch-all for technical specialties not large enough to warrant their own rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortworthgal Posted October 14, 2009 Share #5 Posted October 14, 2009 The pattern & fabric content of these didn't change up until about 1973 but you can always tell a postwar jacket by the "Naval Clothing Depot" label and gold buttons. Yours is definitely WWII WAVES. Glad to see someone else could identify the rating. NICE find for a quarter!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 14, 2009 Share #6 Posted October 14, 2009 That was one of the wartime emergency rates and this one covered a bunch of jobs: "Specialist X: Air Station Operations, Artist, Cartographer, Intelligence, Key Punch Operator, Pigeon Trainer, Plastics Expert, Public Information, Special Projects, Strategic Services, Switchboard Operator, Topographic Draftsman, other specialists not otherwise classified" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted October 14, 2009 Share #7 Posted October 14, 2009 That is an amazing find for 25 cents! I am so jealous! ......Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphie5002 Posted October 14, 2009 Share #8 Posted October 14, 2009 Congrats on a GREAT find. That is an awesome jacket. :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 14, 2009 Share #9 Posted October 14, 2009 My wife found this coat at a local garage sale and, thinking "it looked kinda cute", paid 25 cents for it. Hi Steindaddie, nice to see it fits, has your wife already got the other parts of the uniform or not, looking good at a forties dance :thumbsup: . Cheers ( Lewis ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL Posted October 15, 2009 Share #10 Posted October 15, 2009 My grandmother was in the WAVES so I always love seeing these. Awesome find for a quarter. Now you just need to find one in seersucker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th marine Posted October 16, 2009 Share #11 Posted October 16, 2009 Great looking coat and wife too I might add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Sgt CES Posted October 16, 2009 Share #12 Posted October 16, 2009 Great Find ! & a Great Price ! Blue Skies 1st Sgt CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share #13 Posted October 16, 2009 Great looking coat and wife too I might add My wife says "thank you, you're a gentleman". I got lucky in the "great looking wife" dept. I always joke that she's blind, and that once she regains her eyesight, takes her first look at who she married, she's leaving me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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