Need ID on this miitary pin

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  1. taipan2

    taipan2 Member

    This is a pin that I took off a early salesman sample board for Military related pins and badges made by N.S. Meyer, INC in NYC. Very old and any help as to what it is would be appreciated. thanks NS MEYER PIN.jpg
     
  2. flipper

    flipper Striving to face adversity with tact and humor

  3. taipan2

    taipan2 Member

    USN pin you show I know is for a Chief Petty Officer.. The pin I need help with is a division of the gov. but what one. It is old and comes from about the 30s. I have others with anchors and are from different division, Light house service, Public health service , etc and this is from a gencys like tha tbut which one.
     
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  4. flipper

    flipper Striving to face adversity with tact and humor

    Oh, I thought when you said it was a salesman sample that the design was more of a "Your Logo Here" type thing. I guess I will keep looking if you think this triangle within a striped circle is a department/agency of the government.

    So, you've ruled out Illuminati?

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    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

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  7. flipper

    flipper Striving to face adversity with tact and humor

    US Coast & Geodetic Survey Senior Chief Petty Officer

    This badge is a mash-up of ideas. It was not until 1968 that the US Navy Uniform Board approved a Master and Senior Chief Petty Officer cap insignia – similar to their collar devices, with one or two silver stars superimposed on the anchor, inverted and centered on the stock. The US Coast Guard soon followed the US Navy’s lead in 1970, as did the regulations for US C&GS/NOAA. The US C&GS had a small core of Chief Petty Officers up until the 1950s, afterward they converted to unlicensed, un-uniformed Federal, civil-service employees. Proposed insignia tables were published in 1965 without examples being produced. With the transfer of the agency to the Environmental Science Services Administration, all non-commissioned officer positions were removed and finally ceased to be with the 1970 reorganization into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

    Students of naval insignia will note that on this particular hat badge is the fact that the star is not of the type used by any of the licensed manufacturers of US Military establishment insignia, and and the anchor itself is that of a US Navy ROTC/Annapolis midshipman. The only US CG&S true device is the triangle within the circle.
     
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  8. taipan2

    taipan2 Member

    U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey It is. Thanks to all for your answers.
     
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