where do service stripes go on dress blues
Service stripe Navy service stripes come in three colors and they are red, yellow, and black. They are 7 inches long and 3/8 inch wide for male chief petty officers; male sailors from rates seaman recruit to petty officer first class wear service stripes 5-1/4 inches long and 3/8 inch wide. Female navy sailors wear service stripes 5-1/4 inches long and 1/4 inch wide.[5] They are worn two inches above the left sleeve cuff on jackets, and 1-1/2 inch above the cuff on service dress blue jumpers and the new summer white jumpers. On the old-style summer white jumpers they are worn two inches above the cuff. Multiple navy service stripes are worn 1/4 inch apart from each other.
Pontifical Swiss Guard The official dress uniform is of blue, red, orange and yellow with a distinctly Renaissance appearance. It was introduced by commandant Jules Repond (1910â€“1921) in 1914.[24] Repond's design was inspired by 16th-century depictions of the Swiss Guard. While both Michelangelo and a painting of the Pontifical Swiss Guard bearing Pope Julius II on a litter (by Raphael) are often cited as inspiration for the Pontifical Swiss Guard uniform,[24] the actual uniforms worn by those soldiers included a flaring skirt;[25] a common feature in male clothing during the Renaissance. A clear expression of the modern Pontifical Swiss Guard uniform can be seen in a 1577 fresco by Jacopo Coppi of the Empress Eudoxia conversing with Pope Sixtus III. It shows the precursor of today's recognizable three-colored uniform with boot covers, white gloves, a high or ruff collar, and either a black beret or a black Comb morion (silver for high occasions). Sergeants wear a black top with crimson leggings, while other officers wear an all-crimson uniform. The colours blue and yellow were in use from the 16th century, said to be chosen to represent the Della Rovere coat of arms of Julius II, with the colour red added to represent the Medici coat of arms of Leo X.