Uniform of the Union Army letters US. Officers, NCOs and cavalry troopers were equipped with a sword belt with a rectangular buckle with eagle motif. Rank was displayed on epaulettes (dress occasions) or shoulder straps(field duties): no insignia for a second lieutenant, one gold bar for a first lieutenant, two gold bars for a captain, a gold oak leaf for a major, a silver oak leaf for a lieutenant colonel, a silver eagle for a colonel and one, two or three silver stars for a general, depending on his seniority. The color of the shoulder strap fields – with trims in gold braid – were
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