ARABIS Posted 9 May , 2019 Share Posted 9 May , 2019 This is from Badges & Insignia of the British Armed Services. RNVR formed 1903. "The stripes on the cuff to indicate rank each consisted of a single waved line of 1/4" [6.3mm] gold braid." "Under the stresses of war service it was found that the gold braid wore very badly and so, as with the RNR, this was replaced in 1915 by gold lace. For the RNVR the stripe was to consist of 3/8" [9.5mm] gold lace, waved as before. So you are both correct in saying that the cuff stripes were narrower at first. ARABIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 9 May , 2019 Share Posted 9 May , 2019 (edited) 49 minutes ago, ARABIS said: This is from Badges & Insignia of the British Armed Services. RNVR formed 1903. "The stripes on the cuff to indicate rank each consisted of a single waved line of 1/4" [6.3mm] gold braid." "Under the stresses of war service it was found that the gold braid wore very badly and so, as with the RNR, this was replaced in 1915 by gold lace. For the RNVR the stripe was to consist of 3/8" [9.5mm] gold lace, waved as before. So you are both correct in saying that the cuff stripes were narrower at first. ARABIS. Thank you ARABIS, that explains things perfectly. From what I can see the subject photo in this thread shows the earlier, braid type. It seems that using the thicker lace subsequently, led to a change in the shape of the loop / executive curl. Edited 9 May , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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