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NAVAL UNIFOKMS.
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Good Conduct Budget.
Good conduct badges are to worn on, the left arm, the
line joining tne upper points of the first badge to be 5
inches from the point of the shoulder. (See sketch. )
The badges are to be hemmed on to a foundation— the
gold and red on a cloth foundation, blue on a drill
foundation— yellow thread being used for gold badges,
red thread for red badges, and blue thread for blue
badges.
The edges of the foundation are to be quite plain and
are to be J an inch from the badge.
When more than one good conduct badge is worn, the
distance between them is to be 4 of an inch— measured
perpendicularly.
Good Shooting Badges.
Good shooting badges are to lie worn by all marksmen
1 J inches above the point of the right cuff of No 1 serge
jumpers or from end of sleeve of jumpers without cuffs.
Material for Badges.
All badges worn on cloth and best serge dresses are to
be embroidered in gold, those on other serge dresses in
red worsted, and those on white in blue cotton.
Distinguishing Badges.— General Remarks.
A star above the. badge in every case indicates a man
of superior qualifications, and another star below
denotes that the man has passed for and is performing
certain special duties.
So as not to necessitate all badges being changed when
a special qualification is altered, stars are supplied
independent of badges, and capable of being sewn on or
removed as necessary. Spare crowns are also supplied
separately, so that in case of a man being given an
Instruction Rating etc., the badge already in his
possession can easily be altered.
The single gun, torpedo, or rifle, when worn, is always
to point away from the body.
The following is a descriptive list of badges indicative
of special qualifications or duties, viz. —
* Gunner's Mate and Gunlayer, 1st (Jlass.— Crossed guns
with star and crown above, and star below.
* Gunner's Mate.— Crossed guns with star and crown
above.
* Gunlayer, 1st Class.— Crossed guns with star above, and
star below.
* Gunlayer 2nd Class;— Crossed guns with star above.
* Gunlayer, 3rd Class. — Crossed guns.
* Chief Petty Officer (G) and Petty Officer (G), not being
Gunlayer or Gunner's Mate, and Seaman Gunner. -
Single gun with star above.
* Torpedo Gunner's Mate, Higher Standard.— Crossed
torpedoes with star and crown above, and star below.
* Torpedo Gunner's Mate. — Crossed torpedoes with star
and crown above.
* Torpedo Coxswain.— Crossed torpedoes with wheel
above.
* Leading Torpedo Man.— Crossed torpedoes with star
above.
* Chief Petty Officer (T) and Petty Officer (T) and
Seaman Torpedo Man.— Single torpedo with star
above.
* Chief Yeoman of Signals.— Crossed flags, with star and
crown above, and two Btars below.
t Yeoman of Signals.— Crossed flags, with star above and
two stars below.
t Leading Signalman.— Crossed flags, with star above
and star below.
+ Signalman.— Crossed flags, with star above
t Ordinary Signalman and Signal Boy.— Crossed flags.
* Chief Petty Officer and Petty Officer, Telegraphist.—
Wings with crown above.
+ Leading Telegraphist.— Wings with star above and
star below.
+ Telegraphist.— Wings with star above.
Ordinary and Boy Telegraphist. -'-Wings.
Good Shooting badges :
1st Class— Crossed rifles, star above.
2nd „ Grossed rifles.
3rd ,, Single rifle.
Crossed axe,
and hammer
with star
above
Star, gold on cloth
* Physical Training Instructor, 1st Class.— Crossed clubB
with star and crown above and star below.
* Physical Training Instructor, 2nd Class.— Crossed
clubs, with star and crown above.
Note.— A Physical Training Instructor is not to
wear any other distinguishing badge than the
badge of that rating, except good shooting badge.
'Mechanician.— Propeller, crown and star above and
star below.
* Chief Stoker.- Propeller, crown above and star below,
t Stoker Petty Officer.- Propellei, star above and star
below,
t Leading Stoker (passed for Stoker Petty Officer)—
Propeller, star above.
t Stoker, Stoker 2nd class.— Propeller.
* Chief and other Armourers —Gun crossed axe and
hammer, star above,
t Armourers' Mate and Crew.— Gun, crossed axe and
hammer.
* Blacksmith
* Plumber
* Painter, 1st Class
* All Chief and other Carpenters'
Mates, and skilled Shipwrights of I
whatever rating. J
+ All other Artisans.— Crossed axe and hammer.
Naval Police.— Crown between letters N. P.
+ Naval Schoolmaster •
t Ship's Steward
2nd Ship's Steward.
+ Ship's Steward's A ssiBtant
t Ship's Steward's Boy.
t All Writers.
+ ShiS Cook's Mate } ■««. silver on cloth.
{Red silk cross on white cloth ground in gold
circle on cloth ; red worsted crosB on white
cloth in red circle on serge ; red cotton cross
in blue circle on drill ground on white. To be
worn on right arm by all ratings. The letters
L, M and O are worn in addition, above
these Badges, by Laboratory Attendants,
Masseurs and Operating Room Attendants
respectively.
Buglers.— Bugle.
Advanced Class hoys.— Anchor, small.
Note.— The material on which badges are embroidered
is to be cut as follows :—
For Chief Petty Officers —To the shape of the collar.
For others.— As supplied through the Victualling
Vards ; to be hemmed on with black thread on blue, white
thread on white.
Distinction- Braid for Wounds.
A strip of gold braid is to be vorn by men
wounded since the beginning of the present war, to
Indicate each occasion on which the wearer has
been wounded. This braid Is to be two inches in
length and is to be sewn perpendicularly on the
middle of the left sleeve of the coat or lumper, with
the lower end three inches from l he bottom of the
sleeve. Additional strips of braid marking each
subsequent occasion on which the wearer has been
wounded will be placed on either side of the first
strip (beginning on the left) at Intervals of half-
an-lneh.
WEARING OF MEDALS.
Medals are to be worn at Inspections, on Sundays, and
on all occasions of ceremony when jumpers with cuffs
are worn.
Medal ribbons may be worn on other occasions.
The ribbons of medals are to be 1 inch in length,
unless the number of clasps requires them to be longer,
in which case the ribbon is only just to show above the
top clasp. When there is more than one medal, the
distance between the ribbons to be \ inch The ribbons
when worn alone are to be only i inch in length and
sewn on a cloth attachment close together.
The ribbons of the medals are to be sewn on a found-
ation of blue cloth, with a canvas stiffening at the back.
The foundation is to extend J inch on top and sides as a
margin, the bottom to be cut off close to the ribbons.
One inch of ribbon is to be sewn on the cloth attach-
ment to allow the medal and clasps with another inch
or more of ribbon to overlap the inch sewn to cloth.
* Are made and issued in large size for wearing on arm, and in small size for wear by Chief Petty Officer!,
t Are made in large size only.