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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1712175, member: 31533&quot;]What I find interesting is the &#039;rating&#039; design used. It has a single prop a/c type one, which reminds me of wwII ratings for military --- as well as a four-blade prop (more a ship&#039;s type) superimposed on the middle of the a/c one. Normally, in looking at machinist type or engine room ratings, especially in the navy, seems to use a three-blade prop as the standard design for the ship type prop in a ratings badge, not a four-blade one. </p><p>I am postulating that <i>IF</i> the abbreviation for engineers rather than putting a post name on here (meaning a wider-usage type token) <i>AND </i>the ratings insignia was important to the issue of token, then it possibly would be more likely to represent an issue to an &#039;outside&#039; group of people on the military installation that were, by necessity, needing to use the post exchange for purchasing items (usually prohibited unless it is the only source of a store), and that this would enable the cashier to not only recognise that it was a special token, but perhaps would limit the use on the base/post (as to objects purchased or services used). Perhaps this outside group was a civilian population.</p><p><br /></p><p>Right now this is speculation, but certainly the four-blade prop in the center of the design is different than many small prop insignia used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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