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Originally Posted by lettman
No. 6 (the bottom one) is something to do with American artillery in WW1. I have one of these, but I believe they're an early repro.
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Indeed it is American Artillery, but the official description escapes me at the moment. I think it was for qualified gunner, but it is pre-WW One with the red projectile. These originally came into use I believe about 1902 or soon thereafter and the red was changed to olive drab shortly after. Sorry I can't be more precise, but I'm away from my references at the moment.
As to being a reproduction, I highly doubt it. In the early 1920's the U.S. Government sold off over a ton of these old chevrons & speciality insignia that became obsolete in 1920. Originals are not too hard to find to this day and a repo artist would have to make hundreds of them to recoup the investment of making them. Yours looks good.