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Marine Atlantic use this pattern of rank insignia. The Chief Steward appears to wear three rows of zig-zag braid.
"Wavy Navy" sleeve insignia?
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cupper said:
Bay Ferries run the Digby to Saint John run....
Marine Atlantic only does the NS/NL runs and is a crown corporation....
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NFLD Sapper said:
My mistake, I didn't realize they had transferred the Digby - Saint John service to Bay Ferries, which is owned by Northumberland Ferries.
Turns out Marine Atlantic divested all but the NS to NFLD services in 1997. This included Yarmouth - Maine, Borden - PEI (once the Confederation Bridge was completed) and outport runs along the south coast of Newfoundland and Northern Newfoundland / Labrador.
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Blackadder1916 said:The insignia in the OP is Merchant Navy. When I saw it my first guess was Radio Officer, since I recalled that their stripes were wavy but they were thin and not so bold. Then I remember seeing something about "zig zag" stripes for Stewards. Chief Stewards/Second Stewards (if in uniform) on British vessels wore one or two bold zig zag stripes depending on rating. I don't know if the practice was followed in Canadian registered ships. The single stripe on this fellow indicates that he is a Steward.
There are some Merchant Navy insignia at http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Badges/MN.html including this one.
Thanks a lot for that! Will share the information around with the other staffers here!
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