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NAVAL UNIFORMS.
846a
Class III.
(Except Engine Room Artificers 5th Class, Boy Arti-
ficers and Officers' Stewards and Cooks) to wear :—
(a) Black horn crown and anchor buttons—
1= inches for Overcoats.
J inch for Cloth and Serge Jackets.
i\ inch for Cloth and Serge Waistcoats.
(6) White horn crown and anchor buttons —
i inch for Duck Jacket.
(c) Black ivory buttons (plain), H inch for Cloth
and Serge Trouser3.
id) White metal buttons, dead-eye pattern, for
Duck Trousers,
(e) Yellow buttons (plain), 1\ inch (as in Class
II.) for Canvas Overall Suit.
Boy Artificers to wear same as Class I., except
that brass buttons are to be worn instead of gilt on
cloth and tartan garments (the brass buttons to be
retained when Boy Artificers are rated Artificers 5th
Class and until they are rated Artificers 4th Class) ;
but black horn buttons will be worn on serge garments.
Officers' Stewards and Cookstowear same as Class
III., except that plain ivory buttons black or white),
with raised rim of approved pattern and fitted with a
shank, are to be worn instead of the crown and anchor
buttons.
OVERCOAT.
All Classes.
As supplied through the Victualling Yards.
Note— No badges ixctpt those denoting rating (em-
broidered in red) are to be worn on the overcoat.
APRON.
Classes I. and III.
White in colour, of optional pattern.
DUCK BAG.
Class II.
As supplied through the Victualling Yards.
WAISTBELT.
Class II.
To ba of blue webbing, approximately 2| inches wide
and of approved pattern only, as supplied from fbe
Victualling Yards.
REGULATIONS FOR BADGES OP RATING
AND DISTINCTION.
Chief Petty Officers will not wear baiges of rating.
The ratiDg is denoted by their wearing distinctive gilt
buttons.
Distinctiva badges denoting special qualifications or
duties are to be worn by them on each side of the
"collar of the long jacket.
They will not wear good conduct badges.
Engine Room Artificers will not wear any badges.
Petty Officers and Men are to wear the badges denoting
rating and good conduct, and special qualifications
to which they are entitled, as hereinafter described.
Badges denoting rating are to be worn on the left arm,
and those indicating special qualifications or duties on
the right arm, in the position described in sketch
The Crown, as the emblem of authority, is combined
with all Petty Officers' and Instructors' badges— as well
as the Police badges.
All Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines who are
temporarily employed on police or patrol duties, are to
wear the police Daage on the left cuff whilst actually on
duty.
Badges of Rating.
The following are the badges of rating :—
(o) Petty Officers— Crossed anchors surmounted by a
crown.
(b) Leading Seamen ! nd other leading ratings— an
anchor.
Good Conduct Badges.
Good conduct badges are to worn on the left arm, the
line joining the upper points of the first badge to be 6
inches from the point of the shoulder. ( See fiketch. )
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
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 i of an inch— measured
perpendicularly
Good Shooting Badges.
Good shooting badges are to be worn by all marksmen
1J inches above the point of the right cuifof No. 1 serge
jumpers or from end of tleeve of jumpers without cuffs.
Material /or 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.
Listinguishing Badges.— General Remar'i s.
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 Bating 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 Class.— Crossed guns
with star and crown above, and star below.
* Gunner's Mate.— Crossed guns with star and crown
above.
* Gunlayer, lBt 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
Gunla3'er 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 stars below.
f Yeoman of Signals.— Crossed flags, with star above and
two stars below.
t Leading Signalman.— Crossed flags, with star above
and star below.
t 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,
t Telegraphist.— Wings with Btar above.
t Ordinary and Boy Telegraphist.— Wings,
t Good Shooting badges :
)st Class— Crossed rifles, star above.
2nd „ Crossed rifles.
3rd „ Single rifle.
* Are made and issued in large size for wearing on
arm, and in small size for wear by Chief Petty Officers
t Are made in large size only.