What epaulets? What makes you think this person, be he admiral or not, was bothering to wear epaulets? Admiral Hyman Rickover was notorious for wearing only a civilian suit when on duty.
I was replying to FreedomloverUK above, it was HE who mentioned epaulets. My response was that I thought no epaulets are involved, that it's a cold-weather collar (fur maybe?) turned up. Enlarge the photo and you can see that the black areas have texture and look more like a collar than anything else.
What epaulets? What makes you think this person, be he admiral or not, was bothering to wear epaulets? Admiral Hyman Rickover was notorious for wearing only a civilian suit when on duty.
I was replying to FreedomloverUK above, it was HE who mentioned epaulets. My response was that I thought no epaulets are involved, that it's a cold-weather collar (fur maybe?) turned up. Enlarge the photo and you can see that the black areas have texture and look more like a collar than anything else.
It's not that difficult to understand.
I understood. I was just making the point that there was no reason to think he had epaulets.