Austro-Hungarian Uniform
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dave mosher
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Charles:
It's a Lt. General (Feldmarschalleutnant) vs. colonel based on the number of bars in the zig-zag embroidery on the tabs. Very nice!!
Dave
It's a Lt. General (Feldmarschalleutnant) vs. colonel based on the number of bars in the zig-zag embroidery on the tabs. Very nice!!
Dave
Hi Charles,
as Dave points out, the number of the bars in the zig-zag embroidery is indicative of General Officer rank. It is a distinction even on period charts of the insignia which is often not correctly illustrated.
See below the illistrations of a Generaloberst patch and then that of a Major. The General officers' pattern has three bars between the "knotted" bars whereas the Field officers' pattern just the two. Additionally the General officers' patch was longer with the red underlay extending to the rear of the patch by a further 2.6cm.
Regards
Glenn
as Dave points out, the number of the bars in the zig-zag embroidery is indicative of General Officer rank. It is a distinction even on period charts of the insignia which is often not correctly illustrated.
See below the illistrations of a Generaloberst patch and then that of a Major. The General officers' pattern has three bars between the "knotted" bars whereas the Field officers' pattern just the two. Additionally the General officers' patch was longer with the red underlay extending to the rear of the patch by a further 2.6cm.
Regards
Glenn
