United States Navy and Army Insignia
A colour reference chart shows United States Navy and Army rank and branch insignia, each labelled by rank, on a ribbon-and-shield layout. It is an identification aid, not an argument. The only persuasive element is the tell for transfer, the gold eagles, wings and ornamental banner presenting the allied forces' symbols with prestige; no claim is made beyond the labels.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- His Majesty's Stationery Office (printed for HMSO by Fosh & Cross Ltd., London)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, published 1939-1945, 50 years expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
His Majesty's Stationery Office (printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd.), National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-492.
Text on the object
United States Navy and Army Insignia NAVY: NAVAL AVIATOR; NAVAL AIR OBSERVER; SUBMARINE OFFICER; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER; PETTY OFFICER 1st. CLASS; PETTY OFFICER 2nd. CLASS; PETTY OFFICER 3rd. CLASS; ADMIRAL; VICE-ADMIRAL; REAR-ADMIRAL; NO COMMODORE RANK IN U.S. NAVY; CAPTAIN; COMMANDER; LIEUT-COMMANDER; LIEUTENANT; LIEUT. (JUNIOR GRADE); ENSIGN ARMY: GENERAL; LIEUT-GENERAL; MAJOR-GENERAL; BRIGADIER-GENERAL; COLONEL; LIEUT-COLONEL; MAJOR; CAPTAIN; FIRST-LIEUTENANT; SECOND-LIEUTENANT; COMMAND PILOT; SENIOR PILOT; PILOT; OBSERVER; MASTER SERGEANT; FIRST SERGEANT; TECHNICAL SERGEANT; STAFF SERGEANT; SERGEANT; CORPORAL; PRIVATE FIRST CLASS; SERVICE STRIPES; OFFICER; ENLISTED MEN; WARRANT OFFICER [imprint:] PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH & CROSS LTD., LONDON. 51-3018
