There were only two types of shoulder cords: with double-headed eagle (from the coat of arms) for Vojvoda and without for all other General ranks.
[2] During the Middle Ages, the Vojvoda was a military commander rank and a noble titule.
This rank was introduced by the 1901 Law on the Organization of the Army and has been awarded only during the war for "special merits of top-ranking generals".
The first Vojvoda was promoted by the Great Military Decree of the Kingdom of Serbia on 20 October 1912.
Only four people ever officially held that military rank: Radomir Putnik (1912), Stepa Stepanović (1914), Živojin Mišić (1914) and Petar Bojović (1918).