Storm Elite's Claws upside-down?

I've been farming Allied Seals as much as I can lately so I can purchase the GC hunt gear, and when I finally purchased the Storm Elite's Claws I noticed that they seem to be upside-down. The back of the fists/the fists holding the handles of the claws are visible, and the underside of the fists/underside of the wrists are covered by a metal plate with a red anchor design. I was wondering if this was an oversight or error, because I figure that any sort of design like this would be more visible instead of hidden on the underside of the gear...or maybe I'm being needlessly pedantic about this one specific piece of gear from a decade ago.