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Flag and Etiquette
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Use of Regulation Sash when Uniform A or B is specified
In order to show their USPS accomplishments, women members may wear a regulation sash over appropriate formal attire (not the uniform) at events where the specified uniform is either A or B with bow tie. The sash may be either white or black, coordinating with the dress which is worn. It is worn over the left shoulder, fastened with a shoulder tab which may bear an insigne of rank. It comes together and is fastened at the right hip with the front portion on top. The sash must bear a USPS emblem with grade (if any) but without rank, positioned one-quarter of the way from shoulder to hip. The sash is not to be worn when a woman is acting in an official capacity. For a source of the sash contact the Flag and Etiquette Committee.
Insignia of rank or position are sewn on a soft black shoulder tab as with the regulation white shirt (both short and long-sleeve), windbreaker, sweater or raincoat. Material for the tabs is similar to that used for the backing on insignia applied to the black uniform (shade 3346), folded into a sleeve with the specific insigne centered on the exposed portion. Insofar as possible, gold and silver insignia are to be of Mylar. The tab is designed to slide onto a shoulder strap stitched at the shoulder seam only. Tabs may not fit properly on some “police shirts” sometimes sold for use as USPS uniforms, as additional shoulder stitching significantly reduces the free end of the strap.
This sash shall be white or regulation navy in color; 3 1/2 inches wide; made of sheen finished polyester gabardine material, lined with mid-weight interfacing; edged all around with 1/4 inch satin covered sewn in cording of the same color as the sash material; worn over the left shoulder and fastened with the front portion on top, at the right hip; sized such that the length from the hip fastener to the end is 15 inches". Note that the length of the sash below the fastener (15 inches) will require a 20 degree change in angle so that the sash will hang vertically.
There are three further stipulations:
1. It shall have one soft shoulder tab denoting rank or title affixed at the left shoulder. A woman not holding rank or title would display a plain, otherwise regulation shoulder tab,
2. It shall have the USPS emblem attached at the front center parallel with the axis of the sash except that no rank shall be indicated thereon (grade is allowed.)
3. It shall have no other insignia attached, affixed or otherwise made a part thereof.
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