Originally Posted by
MPN11
Some Other Ranks have Trade Badges.
Most Officers don’t, apart from Aircrew and the Medical/Religious.
Thus, in the Officers Mess, there’s no visual way of discerning who is Admin, Eng, ATC, FC, Supply, PEdO, Catering and a few others I may have missed. I always liked the old RN system of coloured bands between the gold rings ... Wasn’t it Green for Electrical Engineers, etc, and nothing for the Executive Branch (aka Ship-Drivers!).
How interesting - One of the major reasons announced in Admiralty Fleet Order 1/56 for doing away with coloured cloth distinction between the rank stripes of Royal Navy officers, except for those considered non combatants under the Geneva Convention (namely Medical and Dental Officers and civilian officers required to wear uniform) was very specifically to encourage the concept of officers of all other specialisations being "All of One Company".
Jack