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Merchant navy ensignia

Robbie32 · 2015-01-24 09:38:29

Not sure if anyone in here would know, but I was wondering why on epaulettes the "Diamond" is sometimes in the middle of the stripes and sometimes out side them. I know the number of stripes denotes the rank, but dont know why the "diamond" is placed. Does it have any significance???

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24-01-2015 10:38am

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Robbie32

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Not sure if anyone in here would know, but I was wondering why on epaulettes the "Diamond" is sometimes in the middle of the stripes and sometimes out side them.
I know the number of stripes denotes the rank, but dont know why the "diamond" is placed. Does it have any significance???

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