Rank insignia of the German Army 1871 until 1918, here shoulder strap twisted of silver- and golden-braids with four stars to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_General" class="extiw" title="w:Colonel General">”Colonel general”</a> in the rank of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalfeldmarschall" class="extiw" title="w:Generalfeldmarschall">“Generalfeldmarschall“</a> .
<ul><li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Generaloberst_Epaulette.jpg" class="mw-redirect" title="File:Generaloberst Epaulette.jpg">Generaloberst_Epaulette.jpg</a>: *<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heer_Rank_Insig_from_War_Dept_Handbook.jpg" title="File:Heer Rank Insig from War Dept Handbook.jpg">Heer_Rank_Insig_from_War_Dept_Handbook.jpg</a>: U.S. War Department</li>
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<li>translation en, ru, de by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:HHubi" title="User:HHubi">HHubi</a></li></ul>
2010-05-22 14:44
Color Plate depicting German Army rank insignia, from US War Dept Handbook (1943)