Argentine Army officer rank insignia Argentine Army officer rank insignia Argentine Army officers wear their rank insignia in shoulderboards. Generals and Senior Colonels may be distinguished for the red trim of their shoulderboards and around the suns denoting their rank; they also wear golden wreath leaves in their coat lapels. The suns for officers below the rank of Senior Colonel are metallic; Senior Colonels and Generals have gold-braid suns. The highest rank an Army officer may reach is "Teniente General" (Lieutenant General(Argentine Army)). This rank is held only by the Chief of the General Staff of the Army. The only exception is the Chief of
Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei their police titles (for example: SS-"Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei"). In 1944, all Orpo generals also gained equivalent "Waffen-SS" rank so that, in the event of capture by the Allies, the Orpo general would hold status as a military officer instead of a police official. Orpo personnel who were also members of the "Allgemeine-SS" were authorized to wear an embroidered SS "Sigrunen" patch on the breast pocket. In addition to collar and shoulder insignia, "Ordnungspolizei" also wore the wreathed police eagle on the upper left sleeve. The collar patch and shoulderboards were backed, and the sleeve eagle (below the rank