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 Red Army and Navy 1935–1940 to the rank regulations of 1935. An equivalent OF4-rank for the Soviet navy was not established, however. In addition to individual ranks the establishment of defined rank insignia was made in December 1935 as well. From this time military staff, including political commissars, military administration, commissariat, medical service, veterinarian service, and military legal service of the Red Army wore rank insignia as follows: However, naval military staff wore sleeve insignia (stripes and stars) on both sleeves of the uniform. The following ranks and insignia were used by the Soviet Navy from 1935 to 1940. Ranks and insignia of the Red