I have a WWII enlisted Dress Blues uniform. It has 3 stripes on the collar and cuffs and 3 slashes on the sleeve. The odd item is the dragon inside the left shirt cuff. Does anyone have an idea about the dragon? What it means? Where it comes from?
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the three slashes on the sleve means the owner's rank was "seaman". The dragon on the cuff could a be a prewar symbol that he had been to Asia. The three slashes on the cuff means that he has been 18months at sea (6 months each hash mark) of cours this is all subject to change once pictures are posted
Could it be some kind of tailor's mark? I've seen something similar from those who served in the Philipines
Thats just a piece of silk cloth....from either China or Japan to show that the wearer had been to the orient. We did the same thing with Japanese yen by hanging them from out dog tag chains. Not everyone is in to tattoos. Brad
