WARTIME
MERCHANT NAVY
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British Merchant Navy lapel badge (left) from World War II. The
badge issued to members of the Canadian Merchant Navy was similar, but had
the word "CANADA" at the top. Ships' officers in the Merchant
Navy wore uniforms, but the other members of the crew (stokers, deckhands,
etc.) did not have an official uniform. If they belonged to a large shipping
company, they may have had some form of company uniform.
Ashore, the men would wear this badge to identify them as being
merchant seamen. |
