Captain at sea senior officer´s rank group. The rank insignia consisted of shoulder strap and sleeve stripes. Shoulder straps had to be worn on uniform jackets and consisted of twisted silver braids with two gold pips (stars) on padding in navy blue colour. Cuff insignia consisted of four stripes, and a five-point naval star above. The sleeve rings encircled the lower cuffs. In the Royal Netherlands Navy the rank of "kapitein-ter-zee" is the third grade of superior officer, equivalent to colonel in the land-forces. His insignia is made up of four bands and he commands a capital ship or a shore establishment (until
Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia and this same embroidered crest is worn on the shoulder straps. <noinclude> NCM rank insignia for the rank of Petty Officer 1st class/Warrant Officer and above are worn on the lower sleeve, while those for the rank of Petty Officer 2nd class/Sergeant and below are worn on the upper sleeve. <noinclude> The tables above describe the rank insignia worn on the service dress jacket. On DEU shirts, sweaters, and outerwear; and operational dress shirts and jackets, rank insignia are worn on slip-ons with the word "CANADA" or a regimental/branch title embroidered underneath. Flag/general officers' slip-ons include only the crown, crossed