USN Cap Badge "LHS"

[Luftmensch]

 

Can anyone ID this cap badge and give an approximate date for its use?  Thanks!

[RAL]

With the lettering on the front, it is not a regulation USN officers cap device of any era.

[Luftmensch]

Yeah, thanks.  Someone suggested it was a high school Navy ROTC officer...e.g. "Lincoln High School"

[RAL]

ROTC would normally use just an anchor.  Without the letters, that's a commissioned officer's cap device and should not be worn by a midshipman even if one were, e.g., midshipman captain, that is, the senior midshipman in a ROTC detachment, he'd still wear just an anchor device on his cap.

[FireMedals]

I would suggest the Light Hose Service. They use uniforms on the naval style. A photo of the reverse would always be nice to see.

[RAL]

If you are referring to the U S Lighthouse Service, that which was rolled into the USCG in 1939, no, they did not use any such variation on USN officers cap device insignia, ever.  A single lighthouse in silver within a gold open-top wreath was more their speed or an occasional badge type shield.

 

See cap emblems of the various gents photo'd and page 4 specifically.

 

https://uslhs.org/sites/default/files/articles_pdf/keepers_new_clothes.pdf

 

Or go here and click on side arrows to go from page to page

https://archive.org/details/001119/001 119.jpg

Edited May 4, 2021 by RAL