The old Suter's uniforms & stuff

[Dave Suter]

Most of the round enlisted trade badges are machine-embroidered. This is a nice exception.

[Dave Suter]

Believe it or not, this simple patch is one of the hardest to find. It's for the Replacement Service.

[Dave Suter]

Okay, how about some Petty Officer patches? First off is for a musician PO3.

[Dave Suter]

Another musician patch. Very nice embroidery.

[Dave Suter]

For some reason, most of the Musician patches I come across are nice hand-embroidered ones. Here's an exception - machine-embroidered.

[Dave Suter]

These next three are for a Teletypist Career PO3. The interesting thing about them is that they reportedly all came from the same original owner. Give a nice overview of the various construction techniques used.

This first one, of course, is metal.

[Dave Suter]

Standard issue machine-embroidered.

[Dave Suter]

And a 'this will cost you extra' hand-embroidered one.

[Dave Suter]

One of my favorite branches.

[Dave Suter]

And when you cannon breaks, call this guy....

[Dave Suter]

Signals. Only branch that combines metal and embroidery.

[Dave Suter]

One of my favorite branches - Aircraft Warning Service.

[Dave Suter]

Mine Mechanic. Steady hands, one would think...

[Dave Suter]

Navigating Helmsman. Guess if you're going to drive the ship, knowing where you're going would be a good thing.

[Dave Suter]

A very nice hand-embroidered patch. Most of these (especially the blue-on-white ones) were machine-embroidered.