# Components and structure of epaulette

- By: Васильев Кирилл Сергеевич (Kirill S. Vasilyev)
- Date: 2016-10-23
- Classification: Photograph
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Epaulette, components and structure (as exampel a lieutenant colonel of the 46th Artillery brigade, Russian Empire until 1917, rank insignia of the armwed forces).

Key:

1. Lining

2. Button

3. Spine (Koren?)

4. Attente

5. Stars (or pips)

6. Branch insignia

7. Field

8. Unit number

9. Neck (bezel)

10. Fringe