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Marine engineers eppauletes purple base query?

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some body told me it was granted by the queen of England.is it true.

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  1. it's an old English tradition that came with the advent of machinery   ie:

    engineers,purple.ellectricians,green.m... shipwrights grey. it was done as identification so they new who was who.

    an unofficial tradition was to wear coloured cummerbunds with mess undress at nights as well.

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