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<p>[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1712175, member: 31533"]What I find interesting is the 'rating' 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'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 'outside' 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>
[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1712175, member: 31533"]What I find interesting is the 'rating' 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'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. 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 'outside' 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. 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]
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