Chinese Empire Army [shoulder insignia]
The Chinese Imperial Army had very elaborate parade dress insignia. They were presented on jacket cuffs, on jacket collars and on the shoulder boards. For the NCOs and privates the rank was written directly on a shoulder boards which have the background of the army branch color. Officers of the combat services had "German style" shoulder knots with a gold cord. The soldiers of non-combat branches with the ranks equivalent to officer´s ranks had similar insignia but with silver cord replacing the gold one.
The drawings are taken from the color plates from old German booklet copyrighted as "E. Huebner, Leipzig, 1910"
Chinese Empire Army [shoulder insignia]
Private
Infantry
service dress
Private
Army engineer troops
service dress
Private
Artillery
service dress
Private
Trainer
service dress
Private
Cavalry
service dress
Health Private
Medical
service dress
Private 1st Class
Infantry
parade dress
Corporal
Infantry
parade dress
Sergeant
Infantrÿ
parade dress
Sergeant
Infantry
parade dress
Senior Sergeant
medical
parade dress
non-commissioned officer
Infantry
service dress
non-commissioned officer
Army engineer troops
service dress
non-commissioned officer
Artillery
service dress
non-commissioned officer
Trainer
service dress
non-commissioned officer
Cavalry
service dress
non-commissioned officer
Medical
service dress
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non-commissioned officer
Medical
parade dress
non-commissioned officer
musical
parade dress
(下等第三级) 协军校 - XIE JUN XIAO
2nd Lieutenant, Lower level, 3rd grade
(下等第二级) 副军校 - FU JUN XIAO
Lieutenant, Lower level, 2nd grade
(下等第一级) 正军校 - ZHEGN JUN XIAO
Captain, Lower level, 1st grade
(中等第三级) 协参领 - XIE CAN LING
Major, Middle level, 3rd grade
(中等第二级) 副参领 - FU CAN LING
Lieutenant Colonel, Middle level 2nd grade
(中等第一级) 正参领 - ZHENG CAN LING
Colonel, Middle level 1st grade
上等第三级) 协都统 - XIE DU TONG
Major General, Upper level, 3rd grade
(上等第二级) 副都统 - FU DU TONG
Lieutenant General, Upper level, 2nd grade
(上等第一级) 正都统 - ZHENG DU TONG
General, Upper level, 1st grade
The non-combat services with ranks equal to officers had the following insignia. Among those services there were no positions equal to general officers.
同协军校 - TONG XIE JUN XIAO
Lower level, 3rd grade
同副军校 - TONG FU JUN XIAO
Lower level, 2nd grade
同正军校 - TONG ZHENG JUN XIAO
Lower level, 1st grade
同协参领 - TONG XIE CAN LING
Middle level, 3rd grade
同副参领 - TONG FU CAN LING
Middle level 2nd grade
同正参领 - TONG ZHENG CAN LING
Middle level 1st grade
| illustrator | Pavel Močoch |
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