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Digging around I find very little definitive regarding shoulder scales. One item found at:
I translate this to mean that the flat bottom scales are enlisted up to corporals;
the ones with bottoms that mirror the shape of the tops are sergeants scales;
and the ones with rivets are for STAFF NCOs, ie: Sgt Major and regimental QM.
A first sergeant would not be a "staff NCO"
Am I translating this correctly and is there a source that actually explains this somewhere that I haven't found?
Thanks
These were issued in three different patterns:
1. Privates, Corporals and Musicians
2. Sergeants
3. Members of Noncommissioned Staff
These differ it that the privates type are not finished off on the bottom. The sergeants type have a bottom section that fits the shoulders. The noncommissioned staff type has a series of rivets in the scales (see link).
1. Privates, Corporals and Musicians
2. Sergeants
3. Members of Noncommissioned Staff
These differ it that the privates type are not finished off on the bottom. The sergeants type have a bottom section that fits the shoulders. The noncommissioned staff type has a series of rivets in the scales (see link).
the ones with bottoms that mirror the shape of the tops are sergeants scales;
and the ones with rivets are for STAFF NCOs, ie: Sgt Major and regimental QM.
A first sergeant would not be a "staff NCO"
Am I translating this correctly and is there a source that actually explains this somewhere that I haven't found?
Thanks