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English: Supplement page added in December 1944 to J.A.N. No. 1 UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA, a publication prepared by the Military Intelligence Service and the Division of Naval Intelligence of the US War Departement as a recognition field manual for the American fighting forces during World War II:
  • CORPS COLORS; COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
  • SHOULDER BOARDS AND SLEEVE INSIGNIA; CORPS
  • MIDSHIPMEN AND CADETS, LINE; COLLAR INSIGNIA
Midshipmen and Cadets of the Line in service dress are distinguished solely by collar insignia; but those of the Corps wear a single narrow stripe of Corps color, without loop, on sleeves or shoulder boards, in addition to the standard collar insignia here illustrated.
  • WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE ("WRENS"); HAT, SLEEVE AND SHOULDER INSIGNIA
Director and Deputy Di- rector wear stripes of Rear Admiral and Commodore 2nd Class respectively, in blue. Medical Officers wear RNVR gold stripes, red Corps color, gold cap insignia.
  • AIR BRANCH INSIGNIA

vy. Officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve are differentiated only by the form of their rank stripes. Corps Officers, as opposed to Line Officers, are distinguished by Corps colors which appear between the rank. stripes on sleeves and shoulder boards.

  • Blue and white service uniforms; tropical helmet, steel helmet, cap insignia, shoulder boards, sleeve stripes, etc.
  • COMBINED OPERATIONS INSIGNIA On both shoulders of Army-type battle dress; on right cuff of usual Navy uniforms.
  • COMMODORE SECOND CLASS, ROYAL NAVY Blue service uniform. White cap permitted on occasion.
  • COMMANDER, ROYAL NAVY White service uniform.
The cumulative military manual was a Joint Army and Navy ("JAN") publication illustrating uniforms and insignia of the navies, armies and air forces of several countries. The collection of plates was published as a US Government unclassified public document 1943-44 in the format of a pocket-sized loose-leaf string-tied binder allowing for later additional pages and corrections. Today the manual is in the public domain without any known copyright restrictions.
Date December 1944
Source Supplement page to JAN #1 UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA
Author Military Intelligence Division of the United States Department of War during World War II. US Governmental publication originally published 1944. Public Domain.

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