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  2. United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I

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    An article in the Army and Navy Register from July 4, 1918 [12] states that the rank of motor sergeant had been created under authority granted to the president to reorganize the army as needed during the war. The article goes on the state that there was a law before congress that would create the rank of motor sergeant in all branches and ...

  3. Uniforms and insignia of the Red Army (1917–1924) - Wikipedia

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    [51] [52] [17] Under these badges or in the bottom gap between the laurel and the star, shoulder board branch badges from the old army would sometimes be worn. [53] On the same day a dedicated cap badge of a slightly convex enamel or painted star with hammer-and-plough was also introduced. [54]

  4. Cap badge - Wikipedia

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    Plastic cap badges were introduced during the Second World War, when metals became strategic materials.Nowadays many cap badges in the British Army are made of a material called "stay-brite" (anodised aluminium, anodising is an electro-plating process resulting in lightweight shiny badge), this is used because it is cheap, flexible and does not require as much maintenance as brass badges.

  5. Obsolete badges of the United States military - Wikipedia

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    After World War II many badges were phased out of the United States Armed Forces in favor of more modern military badges which are used today. A unique obsolete badge situation occurred with General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold , who in 1913 was among the 24 Army pilots to receive the first Military Aviator Badge , an eagle bearing Signal ...

  6. Divisional insignia of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Distinguishing Colour Patches of the Australian Military Forces 1915–1951: A Reference Guide. ISBN 978-0-646-36640-1. Hibbard, Mike; Gibbs, Gary (2016). Infantry Divisions, Identification Schemes 1917 (1st ed.). Wokingham: The Military History Society. OCLC 964700810. Hodges, Lt. Col. Robin (2005). British Army Badges. London: Butler and Tanner.

  7. Military ranks and insignia of the Soviet Union (1918–1935)

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    First the new emblem for the Red Army, the Revolutionary Military Symbol of the Red Army (a large enamel red star containing a brass hammer and plough device with an oak branch on the left side and a laurel on the right making a wreath surrounding the star), which was meant to be worn either as a cap badge or on the left breast (see table 1).

  8. Guards Machine Gun Regiment - Wikipedia

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    Machine Gun Guards, other ranks cap badge, 1917–18. The Guards Machine Gun Regiment was a regiment of the British Army, formed for service in the First World War.. When the Guards Division was formed in August 1915, it included three machine gun companies, with a fourth added in March 1917. [1]

  9. Brigade insignia of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    In the British Army, ACI 1118 specified that the design for the formation sign should be approved by the general officer commanding the formation and reported to the War Office. [12] A further order of December 1941 (ACI 2587) specified the material of the uniform patch as printed cotton (ordnance issue), this replaced the embroidered felt (or ...

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