Remarks about Algeria

[Olivier Comault]

The shoulder straps for Officers, at least in daily dress, are black, not dark green, and they are piped in gold.For General Officers , stars are smaller than drawn here, and there is a "Général de Corps d'Armée" ( General Mohamed Lamari ),
therefore with three stars. A four-stars rank is provided, but no one holds this at the moment.

The Algerian Navy has cuff rings also, and I saw a "Capitaine de Corvette" wearing a dress with both cuffrings and shoulder straps...

Olivier

[Martin Mennega]

The Algerian Ministry of Defence has put a website up. It's quite complete regarding picture of ranks, uniforms and medals.

http://www.mdn.dz/site_principal/accueil_an.php#undefined

Click on armoiries in the lefthand menu and enjoy.

Cheers

[iffig]

Great site! Thank's for the info

[DarthGaddafi]

It appears the Algerians have modified their general officers grades by changing the swords. The old photos of GdC Lamari are similar to the ones depicted on this site, except his are curved more.

Newer photos from NATO meetings show different sword devices.

[DarthGaddafi]

Also the double ring of gold lace outline.

[sketor7558]

Here is the Ministry of Defence website
http://www.mdn.dz/

Go to Armoiries-Grades

[punkhung]

Cuff ranks of the Algerian Navy:

[sketor7558]

https://www.mdn.dz/site_principal/somma ... ies_an.php
https://www.mdn.dz/site_em_anp/sommaire ... 2020en.php
Now there is a 4 Star General for the Algerian Armed Forces.