Royal Navy officer rank insignia the Corps also had the unique ranks of colonel second commandant and colonel commandant. Rank insignia are on brown or dark blue shoulder boards in all dresses save for the combat and barracks duty dress uniforms. From 1911 to 1957 the officer corps even included warrant officers and commissioned warrant officers in the same way as the RN. Although the Royal Marines does not officially use the rank of field marshal, the Captain General Royal Marines, the ceremonial head of the corps, wears a field marshal's rank insignia. Royal Navy officer rank insignia Uniforms for naval officers were not authorised
Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945) the "Beamter's" service: grey with green braid for basic services, silver with green braid for middle and elevated services, and gold on gold for higher services. Officials of the Wehrmacht who worked in Military Supreme Courts wore shoulder straps without the "HV" and had the secondary colour of Bordeaux red ("Bordorot"). "Sonderführer" (short: Sdf; or Sf – in the meaning of specialist leader (literal: "special leader") – introduced to the Wehrmacht in the year 1937, wore the standard military uniform but their collars and cap bands were blue-grey rather than Army green, with unique shoulder and collar insignia. For more