WWI & WWII U.S. NAVY OVERSEAS SERVICE WOUND CHEVRON BULLION THREAD ON WOOL FELT

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WWI & WWII U.S. NAVY
OVERSEAS SERVICE AND WOUND CHEVRON
GOLD BULLION THREAD ON WOOL FELT
Offered for sale is a U.S. Navy chevron in mint condition. I purchased a group of these.... they are older and a wee bit musty, but they are too nice condition wise to be 100 years old, probably WWII vintage ... but they are of the highest quality.
The price is right too...
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GENERAL ORDER No. 422
NAVY DEPARTMENT
Washington D.C., September 25, 1918
WAR SERVICE AND WOUND CHEVRONS
1. War service chevrons and wound chevrons are hereby authorized and may be worn by those entitled to do so.
2. The chevron shall be an inverted V-shaped bar, of gold braid for blue uniforms and of yellow silk lace or braid for white uniforms, the arms to be ¼ inch wide and 2 inches long. The chevrons are to be worn on all outer uniform garments, except undress jumpers.
3. War service chevrons to be worn upon the lower half of the left sleeve by all persons in the Naval Service who have -
(a) Served for a period of three months or more since April 6, 1917, afloat or ashore, on duty east of the 37th meridian west of Greenwich.
(b) Served afloat, for a period of three months or more, since May 25, 1918, on vessels that, during their service on board, have cruised on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator.
(c) Served on vessels that have been torpedoed or fired upon by enemy vessels.
(d) Served on aviation duty, in the United States making actual flights in search of enemy vessels since May 25, 1918.
4. Service on transports and conveying ships shall be included under sub-paragraph (a) above, provided such service continued for three months after first passing to the eastward of the 37th meridian west of Greenwich.
5. Continued service falling within the above qualifications, for more than a year, shall entitle the wearer to one additional chevron for three months or more service in any one complete year.
6. Wound chevrons to be worn upon the lower half of the right sleeve by any person in the Naval Service who has received, or may hereafter receive, a wound in action as a result of an act by the enemy, which necessitates treatment by a medical officer and an additional chevron for each additional wound, but not more than one chevron will be worn for two or more wounds received at the same time. Disablement by gas, necessitating treatment by a medical officer, shall be considered to be a wound within the meaning of this order.
7. Persons entitled to wear the war service chevron or the wound chevron shall not do so until they have obtained permission therefor, in writing, from their immediate commanding officer, who shall in every instance fully satisfy himself of the right of the applicant to wear such chevron before granting such permission.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Secretary of the Navy
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