Gorget patches
(This is perhaps most evident in the traditional Commonwealth design for colonels, which has a button and a narrow line of darker piping where the slit buttonhole would have been.)
The collar patches of most of the armed forces of the Middle East and Arab derive from the uniform tradition of the European empires that dominated the region until World War II, especially Britain and France.
Under the Republic of Afghanistan, Afghan police officers working for the Ministry of Interior had a singular star on each collar patch.
Army), collar patches with rank insignia, appliquéd on the gorget of uniform coat, or jacket and the battle-dress blouse, were designated Paroli.
The galleries below show examples of Parolis In Australia traditional gorget patches are worn by army colonels and general officers as well as by navy midshipmen.
In the Brazilian Army the gorget patches, embroidered oak leaves in silver, are worn on both lapels of rifle green and grey formal dress uniforms by generals.
In the State of São Paulo Military Police, commanding officers of the rank of colonel wear, on both lapels of their dark-grey formal uniforms, embroidered silver insignia.
With the restoration of historical nomenclature and features to the Canadian Army in 2013[1] reinstated insignia included traditional gorget patches for colonels and general officers.
With the adoption of a new light-beige dress uniform for all ranks in the 1980s, the practice of wearing coloured collar patches was discontinued.
[2] In the German Empire, generals, some officers, guardsmen and seamen wore Kragenspiegel, but these were not part of the service-wide uniform.
New tabs were also introduced for the political leaders of the NSDAP as well as new Nazi organisations like the Sturmabteilung (SA) or the Schutzstaffel (SS).
In the Hellenic Army, the use of gorget/collar patches (επιρράμματα) was introduced for the undress and field uniforms, via Austrian and French influences, at the turn of the 20th century.
Flag officers of three-star rank and above who hold command positions wear an oak leaf wreath on each gorget patch, gold in the Army and silver in the Navy and Air Force.
If the Indian Navy rank of Admiral of the Fleet is ever created, the holder would presumably wear five silver stars on a gold patch.
Coast Guard officers of one-star through three-star rank wear a corresponding number of gold stars on their patches.
This remains the same for the next higher rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) or Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl.
In the Irish Defence Forces, officers of Brigadier-general rank and above wear red and gold gorget patches.
[8] Since the late nineteenth century the Italian Army has made extensive use of coloured collar patches to distinguish branches of service such as the artillery, infantry brigades and individual cavalry regiments.
[9] There are also distinctive collar patches for the San Marco Regiment (Navy), the Guardia di Finanza, the Carabinieri and the civilian police corps.
When wearing combat uniform (CCD), the collar patches of junior officers (Lieutenant Colonel and below) carry the insignia of serving arms.
Historically coloured gorget patches of a distinctive "arrow head" pattern were used in the Romanian army to distinguish regiments and branches.
In the Russian Empire collar patches of red, blue, white and green distinguished each infantry regiment within a given division.
Senior gazetted officers in the Sri Lanka Police ranks wear gorget patches of gold-on-black and silver-on-black.
General officers and senior staff officers of the British Army wear gorget patches according to their branch or arm of service; their counterpart police ranks wear similar gorget patches of silver-on-black (gold-on-black in the City of London Police).
