Uniform Insignia Forum

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Have a look on this site:

http://www2.powercom.net/~rokats/armyhome.html

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High Ziba, the Kommodore is equal to Flottillenadmiral; Flottenadmiral is used for a so called five star admiral e.g. in the US navy. Enlisted men and NCO ranks could be: Raumflottenkadett, Raumflottengefreiter; Raumflottenobergefreiter, RF-Hauptgefreiter, RF-Stabsgefreiter, RF-Oberstabsgefreiter, R...

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High Ziba, Kommandeur is not a rank; Kommandeur means onlay head of ... Maybe you can use: Fähnrich der Raumflotte, Leutnant der RF, Oberleutnant der RF, Hauptleutnant der RF, Kapitänleutnant der RF, Kapitän der RF, Kapitän der RF 1. Klasse, Kommodore der RF, Konteradmiral, Vizeadmiral, Admiral, Gen...

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Sorry the post before that was me; I forgot to log in

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In the German states in the 17. century their exist three levels of military units with three ranks in each level: 1. "Fähnlein" (company): Hauptmann (captain) - Leutnant (lieutenant) - Wachtmeister (Sergeant) 2. Regiment: Obrist (Colonel) - Obristleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) - Obristwach...

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In my opimion Ilek is right, bosmano is the German Bootsmann (NATO-Code OR 6 (Petty Officer 1. Cl.); it would be a good idea to introduce this rank for Navy Petty Officers.

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It's a good idea, that erskine should create some proposals of new insignia (not more than three) for the forum. After presenting the proposals the members of the forum should vote. And than - let's go!

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If somebody is interested in German decorations there is a nice homepage: www.bandschnallen.de. It is a page for collectors and if you want to buy a lost decoration, but it is also interesting for somebody who want to have a overview to decoration in Germany (not only German decoratins, also NATO, U...

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The German flag: As in 1949 the German "Grungesetz" (Constitution) was written, the fathers of the Constitution couldn't take the flag of the Third Reich and the flag of the German Empire as new flag for the Federal Republic of Germany. So the went back to the black-red-gold flag of the We...

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The NATO Rank Code System include this: OF1= all Lieutenant ranks OF2= Captain and Senior/Staff Captain OF3= Major OF4= Lieutenant Colonel (and also staff Lieutenant Colonel like in the German Police) OF5= Colonel and Senior Colonel OF6= Brigadier (General) OF7= Major General OF8= Lieutenant General...

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All Nations use their own ranks. But to compare the ranks the NATO generate a Rank Code System (STANAG 2116).
http://rankmaven.tripod.com/NATO-92-RM.htm

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INTERPOL is only a network; the officers use their national ranks

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All UN soldiers or police officers wear the uniform of their home country and the blue UN beret and a arm badge with a UN sign. Nevertheless an UN payment system for contracted personell is existing. But these persons wear also their home country uniform. The payment and rank system you can find und...

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At the moment they are not used; the rankinsignia are only a proposal for a EU Army in the future.

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Some of the fictive rankinsignia seems be more interesting than the real one; go on.

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The German translation for a senior colonel would be Stabsoberst like Stabshauptmann for senior captain (army or air force) or Stabskapitänleutnant for a senior navy lieutenant.

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May be, it's possible to take the rankinsignia of the not-existing EU army

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Yes, the Rankinsignia for Generals since 1866, for staff officers since 1832 (nearly the same) and and officers Lt. to Cpt. since 1832 but not from 1866 to 1888.

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If somebody is interested in German decorations there is a nice homepage: www.bandschnallen.de. It is a commercial page for collectors and if you want to buy a lost decoration, but it is also interesting for somebody who want to have a overview to decoration in Germany (not only German decoratins, a...

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If you are able to read German, there is a very nice book is "Das deutsche Bundesheer"; uniforms of all German countries in the 19th century. Harenberg Verlag.

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