Arm badge, Underwater Weapons

Arm badge, Underwater Weapon Rating
-- When combined with a badge with crossed torpedoes, a vertical harpoon, a crown above, star and letter below it indicates a Chief Petty Officer, 1st Class, Underwater Weapons (1965-)
- When combined with a crown above the letter W below it indicates a Chief Petty Officer,2nd Class, Underwater Weapons or an Underwater Weapons Rating, 1st Class dependent on the year it was used.
- When combined with a star above and a star and the letter W below it indicates an Underwater Weapons Rating, 2nd Class
- When combined with a star above and a letter W below it indicates an Underwater Weapons Rating 3rd Class.
- When combined with just a C below, it indicates an Underwater Weapons Rating.

Object Details

ID: UNI5420
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Arm badge
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
People: Ministry of Defence
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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