Uniforms of the Royal Air Force featured a high waisted single-breasted blue-grey jacket which tapered to a point at the front below the waist. A blue-grey waistcoat, trousers and black shoes were also worn. Rank was indicated on shoulder boards in gold lace. This uniform was modified in 1928 when the shoes were replaced by boots and overalls with gold lace and bright blue stripes were introduced. This modified form of the uniform lasted until 1934 when it was replaced by a version similar to the current men's mess dress. The wearing of mess dress was suspended during World War II. For women, mess dress currently
Uniforms of the Heer (1935–1945) aluminium for officers). Rank was worn on shoulder-straps except for junior enlisted ("Mannschaften"), who wore plain shoulder-straps and their rank insignia, if any, on the left upper sleeve. NCO's wore a 9mm silver or grey braid around the collar edge. Shoulder-straps and, in many cases, collar patches were piped or underlaid in "Waffenfarbe", a color code which identified the branch of service to which the unit belonged: white for infantry, red for artillery, rose-pink for Panzer troops and so on. Most belt buckles had the "Heeresadler" with the inscription "Gott mit uns" ("God with us"). When the Nazis came to