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
Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr class="center" caption="Rank insignias (shoulder strap / mounting loop) regarding officer aspirant (OA) ranks"> HD H 11 Schütze OA MilMus L.svg|Schütze OA HD H 21a Fahnenjunker FJg.svg|Fahnenjunker LD B 33a Oberfähnrich.svg|Oberfähnrich HA OS5 11 Panzergrenadier OA PzGren.svg|Mounting loop Jäger OA HA OS5 12 Gefreiter OA PzGren R.svg|Mounting loop Gefreiter OA LA OS5 33a Oberfähnrich.svg|Mounting loop Oberfähnrich </gallery> Regarding the Navy, beside the rank insignia there is not any additional element, determined commonly to all officer grades and officer designated ranks. Various assignment badges indicate the different officer chains of career and discriminate officers designated from the other rank groups, e.g. enlisted