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by jrichardn2 » Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:53 pm
Great find!
Eons ago I posted a query in the forum and it was replied to but I can't find the thread, or my notes from it:
In the scheme of French ranks, who wears 1 or 6 stars? These gaps bother me. :)
Second, and less important, was there ever a rank above Colonel that used 3+3 stripes? It's not exactly a gap but it looks like a truncated pattern.
Thanks!
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by marcpasquin » Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:52 pm
jrichardn2 wrote:Great find!
Eons ago I posted a query in the forum and it was replied to but I can't find the thread, or my notes from it:
In the scheme of French ranks, who wears 1 or 6 stars? These gaps bother me. :)
there used to be a one star rank which was a temporary rank for colonels acting as brigade commanders. They were known as "Brigadiers des Armées"
no one has ever worn 6 stars despite some claims that the military commander of Paris wore them, he actually was a général d'armée and so wore 5. More then likely, it is simply to make the marshal insignias stand out more.
Second, and less important, was there ever a rank above Colonel that used 3+3 stripes? It's not exactly a gap but it looks like a truncated pattern.
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not in france but a number of african countries who use the french style of insignias now have the Colonel-Major which is represented by that of a colonel with the addition of an adjudant type bar above:
http://www.dakaractu.com/photo/art/grande/8340497-13066903.jpg?v=1443812092
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