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A letter and a number for a rank.
Also known as: OF and OR codes
The alphanumeric code equating ranks across the armed forces of different states.
Equates a rank in one national service with the corresponding rank in another.
Contexts: History, Public information
Not worn: the code exists on paper so that a document, a seating plan or a command arrangement can name a level of seniority without naming a national rank — the only rank notation here that is never displayed.
Contexts: History, Public information
Solves the problem the rest of the batch creates, which is that no two national insignia systems map onto each other by inspection.
Contexts: History, Public information
A letter pair and a number — OF for officers, OR for other ranks — written as a code rather than displayed as insignia.