Naval Visor Caps. - Page 2

Jeffrey Meffert · 02-04-2013, 07:52 AM

That style button on visor cap hasn't changed since the tsar. Sometimes you can read the date (or verify there isn't a date) by carefully retracting it. The rounded visor usually means postwar although there are plenty of exceptions. The "crazing" of the polish and inside of visor looks 40's or 50's. The cord looks newer than the cap. I suspect a petty officer cap (leather chinstrap for that era) which was "upgraded" as leaves on the visor started appearing for naval officer caps around 1945

USSR · 02-04-2013, 05:56 PM

Thanks guys!

So Jeffrey, if I understand you correctly, this visor could have been part of a uniform worn in '45 by a senior officer?

Thnx!

Jeffrey Meffert · 02-04-2013, 07:57 PM

Possibly up to captain but senior officers would have been putting leaves on the visor by 45. Definitely NOT admiral after 1943.

USSR · 02-04-2013, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Meffert

Possibly up to captain but senior officers would have been putting leaves on the visor by 45. Definitely NOT admiral after 1943.

A navy captain that is?

Jeffrey Meffert · 02-04-2013, 09:08 PM

or other officer or non-commissioned officer

02-04-2013, 07:52 AM	#11
Jeffrey Meffert Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Age: 68 Posts: 640	Re: Rank visor navy That style button on visor cap hasn't changed since the tsar. Sometimes you can read the date (or verify there isn't a date) by carefully retracting it. The rounded visor usually means postwar although there are plenty of exceptions. The "crazing" of the polish and inside of visor looks 40's or 50's. The cord looks newer than the cap. I suspect a petty officer cap (leather chinstrap for that era) which was "upgraded" as leaves on the visor started appearing for naval officer caps around 1945 Last edited by Jeffrey Meffert; 02-04-2013 at 07:55 AM.

02-04-2013, 05:56 PM	#12
USSR Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Europe Posts: 95	Re: Rank visor navy Thanks guys! So Jeffrey, if I understand you correctly, this visor could have been part of a uniform worn in '45 by a senior officer? Thnx! Last edited by USSR; 02-04-2013 at 05:58 PM.

02-04-2013, 07:57 PM	#13
Jeffrey Meffert Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Age: 68 Posts: 640	Re: Rank visor navy Possibly up to captain but senior officers would have been putting leaves on the visor by 45. Definitely NOT admiral after 1943.

02-04-2013, 09:08 PM	#15
Jeffrey Meffert Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Age: 68 Posts: 640	Re: Rank visor navy or other officer or non-commissioned officer

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