Re: militar insignia regarding my photos

["Jose Munoz" <jmunoz2781@...>]

Thank you for the information. I clearly see hte eagle now.

Jose Munoz

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, leticia leon <caleta58@y...> wrote:
>
> it looks fine, but the eagle is bending the head; in the photo the 
head is up, could be a police; the photo most probably was taken in 
Jesus Maria or Arandas, Jal. between 1920 and 1930. I think he is my 
great-grandfather half brother. All of these photos were given to my 
father when my gg father past the way by, the last and third wife. 
thank you, Leticia Leon
> 
> jose munoz <jmunoz2781@y...> escribió:  Leticia Leon and John 
Gonzales
> 
> Curiosity got the best of me. Visit the following
> site:
> http://www.collectors-badges.com/international.htm  
> Scroll a smidge past center and you will find a
> Chihuahua Mexico policeman badge. What is your
> opinions? Where was the ancestor photo taken? 
> 
> Jose Munoz
> 
> --- leticia leon <caleta58@y...> wrote:
> 
> > sorry, the last line should be "I have to look for
> > the meaning of the ..." thanks.  Leticia Leon
> > Morales
> > 
> > John Gonzalez <1gnzlz@v...> escribió:        
> >  The last line of your message is confusing... 
> >    
> >   I believe the eagle was just an emblem and had
> > nothing to do with rank.  In the  U.S. Armed Forces,
> > the eagle emblem on the headgear only designates 
> > "enlisted" or "officer"  the enlisted has a circle
> > around the eagle, the officer's emblem has a bigger
> > eagle without the circle.
> >    
> >   I am no expert, but the CP could designate the
> > unit to which he belonged, not the rank...Keep on
> > digging, Iam sure somebody will come up with an
> > answer.
> >   Good luck.
> >   1gnzlz@v...
> >     ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: leticia leon 
> >   To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com 
> >   Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 1:54 PM
> >   Subject: [ranchos] militar insignia regarding my
> > photos
> >   
> > 
> > ok, in the original picture (I should do this in the
> > first place)the 
> > militar sitting has three bars in the hat and so on
> > the shoulders; the 
> > other, with an eagle badge has two capital letters
> > on the collar C and 
> > P. In the site www.en.wikipedia.org I found for the
> > mexican army that 
> > three bars mean Capitan Segundo (Senior Captain)and
> > three bars with 
> > the one in the middle been shorter means Capitan
> > Primero (Captain) so 
> > I have know why the eagle on the chest and CP on the
> > collar. 
> > 
> > 
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