CPO Cap badges
When a PO1 was promoted to Chief Petty Officer (CPO) his badge changed to the CPO badge.
With the CPO cap badge, the rope around the central anchor was replaced by a wreath of oak leaves.
As with the previously illustrated cap badges one sees many variants of the CPO cap badges as well. Many examples were made by private military\naval tailors.
Here are a couple of 1WW\interwar era CPO badges:
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