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
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