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Rings of braid around the cuff marking commissioned naval rank.
Also known as: Cuff braid, Gold lace (naval rank)
Bands of gold lace encircling the lower sleeve, their number and width marking rank. The curl — a loop in the uppermost stripe — is a Royal Navy feature adopted by several other navies and absent from others.
Bands of gold lace encircling the cuff, their number and relative width indicating commissioned rank in most navies.
The Royal Navy's uppermost stripe carries a loop known as the executive curl, adopted by a number of Commonwealth and other navies and absent from the United States Navy, whose stripes are plain.
The curl is a national convention, not a universal naval feature.
Horizontal bands encircling a sleeve cuff, the topmost sometimes rising into a small circular loop.