crossed bottons

09 Mar 2010 | 09:44 pm | Category: portal.qdbs.com      edit
  • what military rank for land forces do crossed battons ususlly represent? Must come with a site address to prove it


  • Also can be international too.


  • Do you have a certain nation's military force in mind?


  • I am confident that the crossed batons to which you refer are the insignia designating the rank of Field Marshal. "Field Marshal... Red with crossed batons surrounded by a lotus flower wreath, the Ashoka lions emblem above the batons and five stars across the bottom, all in yellow." Flag Spot: Indian Army Flags http://flagspot.net/flags/in%5Erank.html#fm "When Goering was promoted to Field Marshal in 1938, crossed batons were added to his flag." COMMAND FLAGS OF THE LUFTWAFFE http://tmg110.tripod.com/3reich3.htm "Since George II created the rank of field marshal in 1736, just 138 men have attained it. They include, curiously, Japan's Emperor Hirohito, who was the 99th appointment and one that proved embarrassing during the 1939-45 war. Even Earl Haig, the commander of the British Armies on the Western Front during the First World War, will be represented in the form of actor Sir John Mills. He played Field Marshal Haig in the 1969 film O What A Lovely War! The rank is indicated by crossed batons within a wreath surmounted by a crown, worn on the shoulders, and all field marshals are presented with a baton by the Sovereign." Telegraph News: Full muster of field marshals salutes the baton http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2001%2F03%2F26%2Fnarmy26.xml Google search strategy: Google Web Search: "crossed batons" + "field marshal" ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22crossed+batons%22+%22field+marshal Please request clarification if anything above is unclear or incomplete. Best regards, pinkfreud


  • I'm sorry my answer didn't fully satisfy you. What more do you require?


  • Can you tell us where you saw it? On collar brass? On a flag? On a shoulder patch? On a cap of some kind? Regards; tutuzdad-ga


  • This is what I found, but I wasn't so sure.


  • Apparantly the Crossed Batons indicate the rank of Field Marshal in just about every Military but the US. This is because the US does not use this rank. Here is a list of the officer ranks in all the branches of the US military and their insignia. http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/officers.html A Lutwaffe Field Marshall wore a crossed baton insignia http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/officers.html(at the bottom of the page) There is one Field Marshall currently in the Austrailian armed forces and he wears a crossed baton insignia. http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/badge-history01.htm#Field%20Marshals The Indian Military's Field Marshall wears a crossed baton insignia. http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/india/india196.html According to this rich text document even the british army has a Field Marshall that wears the crossed batons. http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/militaryenglish/Teachers/Unit%2002%20-%20BADGES%20OF%20RANK.rtf


  • I think American Forces.







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