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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord%C3%B3n_militar" title="Cordón militar – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cordón militar" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiguillette_(v%C3%AAtement)" title="Aiguillette (vêtement) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aiguillette (vêtement)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B2%AC%EC%8B%9D" title="견식 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="견식" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akselbenderi" title="Akselbenderi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Akselbenderi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tago-kordono" title="Tago-kordono – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Tago-kordono" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9A_(%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D)" title="שרוך (מדים) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שרוך (מדים)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" 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data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84giljett" title="Ägiljett – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ägiljett" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A8" title="สายยงยศ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="สายยงยศ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kordon_(%C5%9Ferit)" title="Kordon (şerit) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kordon 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 4">: 4 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gaimster-Hayward-Mitchell-and-Parker-2002_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaimster-Hayward-Mitchell-and-Parker-2002-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Functional or purely decorative fasteners of silk cord with metal tips were popular in the 16th and early 17th centuries, sometimes of <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> set with <a href="/wiki/Gemstone" title="Gemstone">gemstones</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vitreous_enamel" title="Vitreous enamel">enameled</a>, are generally called "aiglets", "aglets" or "points".<sup id="cite_ref-Gaimster-Hayward-Mitchell-and-Parker-2002_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaimster-Hayward-Mitchell-and-Parker-2002-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup 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This usage of "aiguillette" derives from lacing used to fasten plate armor together. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Tv%C3%A5_spiralslipade_kl%C3%A4ppar_eller_%22n%C3%A4bbar%22_fr%C3%A5n_1500_eller_1600_talet_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_92305.tif/lossy-page1-150px-Tv%C3%A5_spiralslipade_kl%C3%A4ppar_eller_%22n%C3%A4bbar%22_fr%C3%A5n_1500_eller_1600_talet_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_92305.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Tv%C3%A5_spiralslipade_kl%C3%A4ppar_eller_%22n%C3%A4bbar%22_fr%C3%A5n_1500_eller_1600_talet_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_92305.tif/lossy-page1-225px-Tv%C3%A5_spiralslipade_kl%C3%A4ppar_eller_%22n%C3%A4bbar%22_fr%C3%A5n_1500_eller_1600_talet_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_92305.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Tv%C3%A5_spiralslipade_kl%C3%A4ppar_eller_%22n%C3%A4bbar%22_fr%C3%A5n_1500_eller_1600_talet_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_92305.tif/lossy-page1-300px-Tv%C3%A5_spiralslipade_kl%C3%A4ppar_eller_%22n%C3%A4bbar%22_fr%C3%A5n_1500_eller_1600_talet_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_92305.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bindikor_-_Livrustkammaren_-_52552_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ribbon tie with aiglets" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Bindikor_-_Livrustkammaren_-_52552_cropped.jpg/150px-Bindikor_-_Livrustkammaren_-_52552_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Bindikor_-_Livrustkammaren_-_52552_cropped.jpg/225px-Bindikor_-_Livrustkammaren_-_52552_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Bindikor_-_Livrustkammaren_-_52552_cropped.jpg/300px-Bindikor_-_Livrustkammaren_-_52552_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3483" data-file-height="5305" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Pair of crystal, gold, and enamel aiglets, late 16th or early 17th century</div></div></div></div> <p>The modern aiguillette derives from the laces used to secure plates of armor together. The breast- and back-plates would be attached on one side with short loops of cord acting as a hinge, and on the other by a longer and more ornate tied one, to support the arm defences.<sup id="cite_ref-All-Hands-1968-04_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All-Hands-1968-04-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ensuing knots would hang down the shoulder. (As with combat boots, the longer the lace, the less the need to undo the entire lace.) As armour became more ornamental and less practical, so too did the ties. This would also explain the aiguillettes of varying levels of complexity in the uniforms of the Household Cavalry (see picture above), as opposed to other "unarmored" troops. </p><p>A version that says that aiguillettes originated in aides-de-camp and adjutants wearing a pencil at the end of a cord hanging from the shoulder has no historical base. </p><p>Another tradition traces a symbolic use of a Aiguillettes to Spain, after the <a href="/wiki/Fernando_%C3%81lvarez_de_Toledo,_3rd_Duke_of_Alba" title="Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba">Duke of Alba</a> condemned deserting Flemish to face the rope. The Flemish decided to wear a cord and a nail on their collar as a symbol of their defiance. The cord and the nail came seen as an emblem of their bravery and ultimately became the honour known as aiguillettes.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Portraits of the 16th and 17th centuries show that aiglets or metal tips could be functional or purely decorative, though many were used to "close" seams and slashes that are not always apparent on dark garments in portraits. They were made in matched sets, might be of silver, <a href="/wiki/Silver-gilt" title="Silver-gilt">silver-gilt</a>, or gold, and were worn in masses.<sup id="cite_ref-Scarisbrick-1995_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scarisbrick-1995-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1547 inventory of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII of England</a>'s wardrobe includes one coat with 12 pairs of aiglets, and 11 gowns with a total of 367 pairs.<sup id="cite_ref-Gaimster-Hayward-Mitchell-and-Parker-2002_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaimster-Hayward-Mitchell-and-Parker-2002-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Day Book of the Wardrobe of Robes</i> of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I</a> records items received into storage, including details of buttons and aiglets lost from the Queen's clothing. This entry suggests the huge numbers of matching aiglets fashionable forty years later: </p> <blockquote><p>Lost the 2 of February ... [1582] 1 bunsh of small gold tagges or aglettes from a gowne of black satten at Sittingbourne parcell [part] of uppon the same gowne 193 bunshes<sup id="cite_ref-Arnold-1980_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arnold-1980-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 74">: 74 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Elizabeth's aiglets were variously enameled with white, red, black, blue, and purple details or set with <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamonds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garnet" title="Garnet">garnets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rubies" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubies">rubies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pearls" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearls">pearls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Scarisbrick-1995_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scarisbrick-1995-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Arnold-1980_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arnold-1980-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Scotland, they were known as "horns", <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a> had pairs of gold horns enamelled in red and white and set with pearls.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those of <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Denmark" title="Anne of Denmark">Anne of Denmark</a> in the early years of the 17th century were larger, shaped in triangles and pyramids. One set of 24 were made three-sided, with "27 diamonds in the sides and one in the top", for a total of 642 diamonds in the set.<sup id="cite_ref-Scarisbrick-1995_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scarisbrick-1995-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_post_medieval_copper_alloy_decorated_lace_tag_dating_16th_-_17th_century._(FindID_660280).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Surviving 16th or 17th-century copper-alloy lace tag found in London."><img alt="Surviving 16th or 17th-century copper-alloy lace tag found in London." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/A_post_medieval_copper_alloy_decorated_lace_tag_dating_16th_-_17th_century._%28FindID_660280%29.jpg/58px-A_post_medieval_copper_alloy_decorated_lace_tag_dating_16th_-_17th_century._%28FindID_660280%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="58" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/A_post_medieval_copper_alloy_decorated_lace_tag_dating_16th_-_17th_century._%28FindID_660280%29.jpg/87px-A_post_medieval_copper_alloy_decorated_lace_tag_dating_16th_-_17th_century._%28FindID_660280%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/A_post_medieval_copper_alloy_decorated_lace_tag_dating_16th_-_17th_century._%28FindID_660280%29.jpg/117px-A_post_medieval_copper_alloy_decorated_lace_tag_dating_16th_-_17th_century._%28FindID_660280%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Surviving 16th or 17th-century copper-alloy lace tag found in London.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EdwardVI_child_holbein_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hat and gown trimmed with pairs of aiglets, 1538"><img alt="Hat and gown trimmed with pairs of aiglets, 1538" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/EdwardVI_child_holbein_detail.jpg/120px-EdwardVI_child_holbein_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/EdwardVI_child_holbein_detail.jpg/180px-EdwardVI_child_holbein_detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/EdwardVI_child_holbein_detail.jpg/240px-EdwardVI_child_holbein_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="424" data-file-height="359" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hat and gown trimmed with pairs of aiglets, 1538</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_Nevill_and_Gregory_Fiennes_Baron_Dacre_v.2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gowns decorated with gold aiglets, 1559"><img alt="Gowns decorated with gold aiglets, 1559" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Mary_Nevill_and_Gregory_Fiennes_Baron_Dacre_v.2.jpg/120px-Mary_Nevill_and_Gregory_Fiennes_Baron_Dacre_v.2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Mary_Nevill_and_Gregory_Fiennes_Baron_Dacre_v.2.jpg/180px-Mary_Nevill_and_Gregory_Fiennes_Baron_Dacre_v.2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Mary_Nevill_and_Gregory_Fiennes_Baron_Dacre_v.2.jpg/240px-Mary_Nevill_and_Gregory_Fiennes_Baron_Dacre_v.2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1178" data-file-height="864" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gowns decorated with gold aiglets, 1559</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Isabel_de_Valois2..jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rose ribbons tipped with large aiglets set with pearls, c. 1560s"><img alt="Rose ribbons tipped with large aiglets set with pearls, c. 1560s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Isabel_de_Valois2..jpg/83px-Isabel_de_Valois2..jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Isabel_de_Valois2..jpg/125px-Isabel_de_Valois2..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Isabel_de_Valois2..jpg/166px-Isabel_de_Valois2..jpg 2x" data-file-width="2118" data-file-height="3051" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rose ribbons tipped with large aiglets set with pearls, c. 1560s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_I_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Doublet and hose with ribbon points tipped with aiglets, 1630s"><img alt="Doublet and hose with ribbon points tipped with aiglets, 1630s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Charles_I_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg/73px-Charles_I_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg" decoding="async" width="73" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Charles_I_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg/110px-Charles_I_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Charles_I_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg/146px-Charles_I_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2355" data-file-height="3855" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Doublet_(clothing)" title="Doublet (clothing)">Doublet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hose_(clothing)" title="Hose (clothing)">hose</a> with ribbon points tipped with aiglets, 1630s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Post_Medieval_lace_tag_(FindID_609404).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Surviving lace tag, ca. 1500–1700, found in Lincolnshire"><img alt="Surviving lace tag, ca. 1500–1700, found in Lincolnshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Post_Medieval_lace_tag_%28FindID_609404%29.jpg/101px-Post_Medieval_lace_tag_%28FindID_609404%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Post_Medieval_lace_tag_%28FindID_609404%29.jpg/152px-Post_Medieval_lace_tag_%28FindID_609404%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Post_Medieval_lace_tag_%28FindID_609404%29.jpg/202px-Post_Medieval_lace_tag_%28FindID_609404%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1249" data-file-height="1482" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Surviving lace tag, ca. 1500–1700, found in Lincolnshire</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_military_usage">Modern military usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern military usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Fiennes_de_Clinton,_Earl_of_Lincoln.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Edward_Fiennes_de_Clinton%2C_Earl_of_Lincoln.jpg/220px-Edward_Fiennes_de_Clinton%2C_Earl_of_Lincoln.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Edward_Fiennes_de_Clinton%2C_Earl_of_Lincoln.jpg/330px-Edward_Fiennes_de_Clinton%2C_Earl_of_Lincoln.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Edward_Fiennes_de_Clinton%2C_Earl_of_Lincoln.jpg/440px-Edward_Fiennes_de_Clinton%2C_Earl_of_Lincoln.jpg 2x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edward_Clinton,_1st_Earl_of_Lincoln" title="Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln">Lord High Admiral Clinton</a> in an <a href="/wiki/Gambeson" title="Gambeson">arming doublet</a> of 1562, showing the decorative <i>points</i> or laces with metal tips for securing armour.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Argentina">Argentina</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Argentina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aiguillettes are worn on the right shoulder by armed forces officers serving in specific positions, such as <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp#Argentina" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp to the President</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Argentina)" title="Ministry of Defense (Argentina)">Minister of Defense</a>, each service's chief of staff and unit commanding officers, and by military attachés to Argentinian embassies abroad. The color of the aiguillette may be golden, silver or tan, depending the nature of the assignment. </p><p>Olive green aiguillettes are worn with the combat uniform in very special circumstances, such as ceremonies and inspections. Otherwise, aiguillettes are not worn with the combat uniform. A special red aiguillette is worn by the adjutants to the commanding officers of the <a href="/wiki/Regiment_of_Mounted_Grenadiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers">Horse Grenadiers Regiment</a> (the presidential guard) and the <a href="/wiki/Colegio_Militar_de_la_Naci%C3%B3n" title="Colegio Militar de la Nación">Military Academy</a>. Also, a red aiguillette is worn on the left shoulder by the senior <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCO</a> of each Army unit. A thinner, yellow aiguillette is worn on the right shoulder by NCOs who have completed the instructor course. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Argentine_Navy" title="Argentine Navy">Navy</a>, adjutants to very senior officers wear golden aiguillettes on the left shoulder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aiguillettes distinguish officers of Flag, General and Air rank in specific command appointments, military attachés and aides-de-camp. Most senior officers and aides-de-camp to the Governor-General or state governors wear the aiguillette on the right shoulder, whilst military attachés and staff aides-de-camp wear the aiguillette on the left. Royal aiguillettes are of plain gold, naval aiguillettes are of blue and gold, army aiguillettes are of red and gold, air force aiguillettes of light blue and gold. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General of Australia</a>, as the Commander in Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a>, is entitled to wear a uniform on which an aiguillette made of platinum is worn.<sup id="cite_ref-Australian-Army-2016-10-05_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Australian-Army-2016-10-05-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aiguillettes are worn by officers in specific appointments to specific principals. For the following appointments the aiguillette is worn on the right shoulder: </p> <ul><li>Aide-de-camp to His Majesty and other members of the Royal family;</li> <li>Aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of Canada;</li> <li>Aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-Governors of provinces; and</li> <li>Aide-de-camp to visiting foreign heads of state.</li></ul> <p>For other appointments, the aiguillete is worn on the left shoulder: </p> <ul><li>Attachés as part of an embassy or consulate;</li> <li>Staff officer to the Minister of National Defence;</li> <li>Aides-de-camp / flag lieutenants to general / flag officers; and</li> <li>Officers appointed as personal assistants to senior officers, Ministers of the Crown, visiting military or civilian officials, dignitaries of foreign nations.</li></ul> <p>For all regal and vice-regal appointments, the distinguishing badge or cipher of the principal is worn on the shoulder strap or shoulder board. </p><p>Obsolete pattern aiguillettes braided with a coloured stripe may be worn until replaced by officers holding appointments to Lieutenant-Governors of provinces or military / civilian principals.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For RCN officers, since the uniform jacket does not normally include shoulder straps, the aiguillete is secured under a fully-corded shoulderboard worn on the right shoulder for regal and vice-regal appointments, and under a hard shoulderboard with a corded knot worn on the left shoulder for all other appointments. </p><p>For RCAF officers, since the uniform jacket does not normally include shoulder straps, there is a small attachment hook worn on the appropriate shoulder to which the aiguillette is fastened. </p><p>For Army officers, the aiguillette is secured under the appropriate shoulder strap (left or right) and the cipher or badge (if appropriate) is worn on that shoulder strap. </p><p>For all branches, the end of the cord near the hanging ends is fastened to a concealed button under the left or right jacket lapel as appropriate.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Denmark">Denmark</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Denmark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tambur_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Tambur_01.jpg/220px-Tambur_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Tambur_01.jpg/330px-Tambur_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Tambur_01.jpg/440px-Tambur_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Royal Danish Naval Band with red aiguillettes</figcaption></figure> <p>The Danish military uses aiguillettes for a number of different positions. </p> <ul><li>Blue and yellow: Danish troops stationed with <a href="/wiki/UNFICYP" class="mw-redirect" title="UNFICYP">UNFICYP</a></li> <li>Blue and red: the <a href="/wiki/Bugle" title="Bugle">Bugle</a> Corps of the <a href="/wiki/Guard_Hussar_Regiment_Mounted_Squadron" title="Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron">Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron</a></li> <li>Red: Royal Danish Naval Band</li> <li>Green: Danish <a href="/wiki/Military_police" title="Military police">military police</a></li> <li>Gold: <a href="/wiki/Adjutant" title="Adjutant">Adjutants</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Republican_Guard_%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Palace_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Republican_Guard_%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Palace_1.JPG/200px-Republican_Guard_%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Palace_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Republican_Guard_%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Palace_1.JPG/300px-Republican_Guard_%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Palace_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Republican_Guard_%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Palace_1.JPG/400px-Republican_Guard_%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Palace_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1669" data-file-height="2090" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Garde_R%C3%A9publicaine" class="mw-redirect" title="Garde Républicaine">Republican Guard</a> wearing a gold-wire aiguillette on the left shoulder</figcaption></figure> <p>The aiguillettes are worn only with the dress uniform. There are several types of aiguillettes in the <a href="/wiki/French_military" class="mw-redirect" title="French military">French military</a>: </p> <ul><li>Aiguillettes on the right shoulder are worn by officers filling certain duties. <ul><li>Staff officers in the <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President</a>'s staff, the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France" title="Prime Minister of France">Prime Minister</a>'s staff, the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defence (France)">Minister of Defence</a>'s staff and the <a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%A9chal_de_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Maréchal de France">Maréchaux</a>'s Staff. The aiguillette is always in gold wire.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aides-de-camp</a> to the President, the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" class="mw-redirect" title="Légion d'honneur">Légion d'honneur</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a> and the <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9l%C3%A9gation_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_pour_l%27Armement" class="mw-redirect" title="Délégation Générale pour l'Armement">DGA</a>. The aiguillette can be silver or gold, depending on the officer's corps. The AdC to the generals in the army and the air force and all the staff officers in the navy can also wear this aiguillette.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Military_attach%C3%A9" title="Military attaché">military attachés</a> of an embassy. The aiguillette is always in gold wire.</li></ul></li> <li>Aiguillettes on the left shoulder are worn by all members of some units: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Gendarmerie_Nationale_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gendarmerie Nationale (France)">Gendarmes</a>. The aiguillette is white for the <i>Gendarmerie départementale</i> and gold for the <i>Gendarmerie mobile</i>, including the <a href="/wiki/Garde_R%C3%A9publicaine" class="mw-redirect" title="Garde Républicaine">Garde Républicaine</a>.</li> <li>The Bands. This aiguillette can be blue, red, or gold.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Aiguillettes should not be confused with <i><a href="/wiki/Fourrag%C3%A8re" title="Fourragère">fourragères</a></i>, which can be worn in the same way on the left shoulder in parade dress. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the German armies, including the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_German_Army" title="Imperial German Army">Imperial German Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy" title="Imperial German Navy">Imperial German Navy</a>, the adjutant generals or admirals wore the <i>Adjutantenschnur</i> or <i>Achselband</i> (adjutant cord or aguilette) on the right shoulder as of 1863 in gold, the generals <i>à la suite</i> and the <i>Flügeladjutanten</i> in silver. There were initially several experimental forms in the <a href="/wiki/Reichswehr" title="Reichswehr">Reichswehr</a>. </p><p>On 29 June 1935, so-called shoulder straps were introduced into the German <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> and were worn on certain occasions, e.g. at parades. Adjutants wore armpit cords as their badge of activity. In the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Army" title="National People's Army">National People's Army</a>, the border troops of the <a href="/wiki/GDR" class="mw-redirect" title="GDR">GDR</a> and the GDR People's Navy, a silver-colored armpit cord with silver tips for LaSK/LSK/LV/GT and gold-colored tips for the People's Navy has also been introduced for officers since 1976; the version for generals and admirals was gold-colored. In the <a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a> it is worn by attachés, officers of protocol, flag escort officers, greeting and liaison officers of the Navy as well as (if these tasks are carried out by officers) wake guards and medal cushion bearers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghana">Ghana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ghana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>, aiguillettes form part of the ceremonial uniforms of commissioned officers in the army and other security services including the police, prisons service, fire service, and customs and immigration. Senior police officers wear white aiguillettes with dark-blue uniforms, prison officers also wear yellow aiguillettes over the official ceremonial number one uniform while customs and immigration officials wear red aiguillettes with olive-green outfits. When worn, the aiguillettes denote on-duty status. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greece">Greece</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aiguillettes are worn by the aides-de-camp to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Greece" title="President of Greece">President of the Hellenic Republic</a>. The President's Adjutants wears it on the right shoulder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aiguillettes are worn by the aides-de-camp to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a>. The President's ADC wears it on the right shoulder, the Taoiseach's ADC on the left. </p><p>Civil Defence (Cosaint Sibhialta) personnel wear a white aiguillette on their dress uniform. </p><p>Gold aiguillettes are also worn by officers in the Defence Forces with their mess dress uniform. They are worn on the left hand shoulder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel">Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">IDF</a>, soldiers who wear an aiguillette are mostly instructors.<br /> List of aiguillette's colors and roles in the IDF: <br /> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Azure_%26_Yellow_Aiguillette_of_the_IDF.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Azure_%26_Yellow_Aiguillette_of_the_IDF.JPG/220px-Azure_%26_Yellow_Aiguillette_of_the_IDF.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Azure_%26_Yellow_Aiguillette_of_the_IDF.JPG/330px-Azure_%26_Yellow_Aiguillette_of_the_IDF.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Azure_%26_Yellow_Aiguillette_of_the_IDF.JPG/440px-Azure_%26_Yellow_Aiguillette_of_the_IDF.JPG 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="703" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">IDF</a> uniforms with azure & yellow aiguillette of the casualties & City Officers administration</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Green & White- <a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Military intelligence</a> instructors (mainly)</li> <li>Black- training staff (mainly)</li> <li>Blue - <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Navy" title="Israeli Navy">Navy</a> instructors</li> <li>Blue & Red- <a href="/wiki/Military_police" title="Military police">Military Police</a></li> <li>Red (right side)- IDF orchestra</li> <li>Red (Left side)- Senior <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Navy" title="Israeli Navy">Navy</a> instructors (mainly)</li> <li>Purple- Service Rights Staff</li> <li>Blue & White- Unit's NCO</li> <li>White- Security guards</li> <li>Gray- Education instructors</li> <li>Green- General instructors</li> <li>Brown- Diagnostic crew (mainly)</li> <li>Gold- discipline NCO</li> <li>Orange & Azure- <a href="/wiki/Search_and_Rescue" class="mw-redirect" title="Search and Rescue">Search and Rescue</a> units</li> <li>Orange & Black- <a href="/wiki/Combat_Engineering_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Engineering Corps">Combat Engineering Corps</a></li> <li>Yellow & Black- <a href="/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction" title="Weapon of mass destruction">WMD</a> instructors</li> <li>Azure- <a href="/wiki/Off-road_vehicle" title="Off-road vehicle">Off-road vehicle</a> operators (mainly)</li> <li>Azure & Green- <a href="/wiki/Off-road_vehicle" title="Off-road vehicle">Off-road vehicle</a> operators instructors</li> <li>Azure & Yellow- Casualties & City Officers administration</li> <li>Azure & Purple- Reserve mobilization</li> <li>Green & Red- Civil population emergency instructors</li> <li>Golden- <a href="/wiki/Military_attach%C3%A9" title="Military attaché">Military attaché</a></li> <li>Black & Creme- Military Rabbinate</li></ul> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Police">Israeli Police</a>, policemen mainly wear a black aiguillette, and <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Border_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Border Police">Israeli Border Police</a> policemen wear a dark green aiguillette. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Changing_Guard_Alexander_Garden_Moscow.hires.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Changing_Guard_Alexander_Garden_Moscow.hires.jpg/220px-Changing_Guard_Alexander_Garden_Moscow.hires.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Changing_Guard_Alexander_Garden_Moscow.hires.jpg/330px-Changing_Guard_Alexander_Garden_Moscow.hires.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Changing_Guard_Alexander_Garden_Moscow.hires.jpg/440px-Changing_Guard_Alexander_Garden_Moscow.hires.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Soldiers of Prezidentskiy polk (The Presidential Regiment), Alexander Garden, Moscow</figcaption></figure> <p>Aiguillettes are worn by honor guard personnel. A single silver aiguillette is worn on enlisted cut uniforms of minor detachments. A single gold aiguillette is worn on officer cut uniforms of minor detachments. A double gold aiguillette is worn on officer cut uniforms of major detachments. All personnel of major detachments wear officer cut uniforms. Demobilized soldiers also often decorate their uniforms with makeshift aiguillettes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singapore">Singapore</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Singapore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aiguillettes are worn on the right shoulder by officers of certain appointments only. They include the: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Singapore)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Singapore)">Chief of Defence Force (CDF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_(Singapore)" title="Commissioner of Police (Singapore)">Commissioner of Police (CP)</a></li> <li>Commissioner of the Singapore Civil Defence Force</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">Aides-de-camp (ADC)</a> to the President</li> <li>Honorary aides-de-camp to the President</li> <li>Military attachés and assistant military attachés</li> <li>MA/SA/NA to the Chief of Defence Force and service chiefs</li></ul> <p>Aiguillettes are also worn on the left shoulder by musicians of the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces_Band" title="Singapore Armed Forces Band">Singapore Armed Forces Band</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Police_Force_Band" title="Singapore Police Force Band">Singapore Police Force Band</a>. </p><p>Musicians of the Singapore Armed Forces Band wears a red and gold aiguillette while Director of Musics of the Singapore Armed Forces Band wear a full gold aiguillette. </p><p>Student musicians from both the National Cadet Corps Command Band and National Police Cadet Corps Band similarly wear aiguillettes mirroring the respective parent bodies. </p><p>In Singapore, ADCs who are officers of the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces" title="Singapore Armed Forces">Singapore Armed Forces</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Civil_Defence_Force" title="Singapore Civil Defence Force">Singapore Civil Defence Force</a> wear gold aiguillettes and police officers wear silver aiguillettes. Singapore Armed Forces ADCs wear a gold braid lanyard in lieu of an aiguillette when in No. 3 and No. 5(T). </p><p>Additionally the newly commissioned ADC badges are worn across all five services' no.4 uniform. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sri Lanka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravindra_C._Wijegunaratne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ravindra_C._Wijegunaratne.jpg/150px-Ravindra_C._Wijegunaratne.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ravindra_C._Wijegunaratne.jpg/225px-Ravindra_C._Wijegunaratne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ravindra_C._Wijegunaratne.jpg/300px-Ravindra_C._Wijegunaratne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="1875" /></a><figcaption>Full Aiguillettes (No. 1A) worn by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)">Chief of Defence Staff</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, full aiguillettes are worn by members of the personal staff of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President of Sri Lanka</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General officers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flag_officer" title="Flag officer">flag officers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_officer" title="Air officer">air officers</a>, while half aiguillettes are worn by the <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Colonel">Lieutenant Colonels</a> in ceremonial uniforms. </p> <ul><li>Aiguillettes (No. 1A) (Full Aiguillettes) of gold cord are worn on the right shoulder by; service commanders and officers of the <a href="/wiki/Four-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Four-star rank">four-star rank</a> and above on uniforms No. 1, 2, 3, 4.</li> <li>Aiguillettes (No. 1B) (Full Aiguillettes) of gold (and red orris basket in the case of Army) cord are worn on the right shoulder by; Aides-de-camp to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President of Sri Lanka</a> and Aides-de-camp to visiting heads of state (in their presence) on uniforms No. 1.</li> <li>Aiguillettes (No. 2A) (Full Aiguillettes) of gold cord are worn on the left shoulder by; by officers of <a href="/wiki/Two-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-star rank">two-star rank</a> and <a href="/wiki/One-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="One-star rank">one-star rank</a> on uniforms No. 1, 2, 3, 4.</li> <li>Aiguillettes (No. 2B) (Full Aiguillettes) of gold (and red orris basket in the case of Army, black basket in the case of Navy) cord are worn on the left shoulder by; <a href="/wiki/Military_Assistant" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Assistant">Military Assistants</a> and Aides-de-camps to <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flag_officer" title="Flag officer">flag</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_officer" title="Air officer">air officers</a>.</li> <li>Aiguillettes (No. 3) (Half Aiguillettes) of gold cord joined in the front and back by gilt cloth with a single metal aglet are worn on the left shoulder by <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Colonel">Lieutenant Colonels</a> in (ceremonial) uniforms No. 1, 2, 3, 4.</li></ul> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Police" title="Sri Lanka Police">Sri Lanka Police</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)">Inspector General of Police</a>, wear gold aiguillettes on the right shoulder, while <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Police#Gazetted_Ranks_(Police_Gazzete_of_Sri_Lanka)" title="Sri Lanka Police">Senior gazetted police officers</a> wear black aiguillettes on the left shoulder in both formal and ceremonial dress. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sweden">Sweden</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sweden"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TKARLSSON.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/TKARLSSON.jpg/220px-TKARLSSON.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/TKARLSSON.jpg/330px-TKARLSSON.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/TKARLSSON.jpg 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="591" /></a><figcaption>Large aiguillette m/1816, used in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Defense_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish Defense Forces">Swedish Defense Forces</a> uses three types of aiguillettes. All aiguillettes come in gold or silver <a href="/wiki/Braid" title="Braid">braid</a> depending on the regiment of the wearer, Royal Guard regiments use silver due to historical reasons, all others gold. </p> <ul><li>Large aiguillette m/1816 (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Sw.</a>: <i>Stor ägiljett m/1816</i>) is worn on the right shoulder by officers on the staff of <a href="/wiki/King_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Sweden">HM the King of Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camps</a> of members of the Royal Family and by commissioned <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonels</a> and naval <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">captains</a>. It is also permissible to be worn by officers (except generals) of the staff of the Defense Force, and former officers of the Swedish general staff.</li> <li>Small aiguillette m/1889 (Sw.: <i>Liten ägiljett m/1889</i>) is worn on the right shoulder by the on duty adjutant of the King in <a href="/wiki/Service_dress_uniform" title="Service dress uniform">Service dress uniform</a>, adjutants of government ministers, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces">Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces</a> and general officers.</li> <li>Aiguillette m/55 (Sw.: <i>Ägiljett m/55</i>) is worn on the left shoulder by <a href="/wiki/Military_attach%C3%A9" title="Military attaché">military attachés</a> in <a href="/wiki/Service_dress_uniform" title="Service dress uniform">Service dress uniform</a> in the country of his or her <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_credence" title="Letter of credence">accreditation</a>; it is only used in Sweden during <a href="/wiki/State_visit" title="State visit">state visits</a>.</li></ul> <p>In Sweden there is a distinction between the aiguillettes mentioned above, and other cords used on uniforms in the Royal Swedish Navy and the Swedish Air Force. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst_inspection_of_new_Colours,_June_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst_inspection_of_new_Colours%2C_June_2005.jpg/220px-Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst_inspection_of_new_Colours%2C_June_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst_inspection_of_new_Colours%2C_June_2005.jpg/330px-Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst_inspection_of_new_Colours%2C_June_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst_inspection_of_new_Colours%2C_June_2005.jpg/440px-Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst_inspection_of_new_Colours%2C_June_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2242" data-file-height="1495" /></a><figcaption>Royal Aiguillette worn by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of Defence Staff</a> and Staff Aiguillettes worn by <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">ADCs</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There are four types of aiguillette worn by the British Armed Forces. </p> <ul><li>Aiguillettes (1st Class or Royal) are of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold-wire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gold-wire (page does not exist)">gold-wire</a> cord and are worn on the right shoulder by, among others, <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral of the Fleet">admirals of the fleet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Field_marshal" title="Field marshal">field marshals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal of the RAF">marshals of the RAF</a>; honorary physicians, honorary chaplains, honorary surgeons and <a href="/wiki/Personal_aide-de-camp" title="Personal aide-de-camp">aides-de-camp</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Sovereign</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Equerry" title="Equerry">equerries</a> to members of the <a href="/wiki/British_Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="British Royal Family">royal family</a>. Some appointments carry the privilege of wearing a miniature Sovereign's Cypher on the points of the aiguillettes. These aiguillettes are also worn by <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">commissioned officers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Household Cavalry</a> (in full dress only). They are worn on the left shoulder in full dress by <a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer" title="Warrant officer">warrant officers</a> of the Household Cavalry.</li> <li>Aiguillettes (2nd Class or Board) are of gold and dark blue, crimson or light blue depending if worn by Royal Navy, Army or RAF officers and are worn on the right shoulder by, among others, military members of the Defence Board and each Service Board and the personal staff of <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">governors</a>. A simplified version with no coils is worn on the left shoulder by <a href="/wiki/Staff_corporal" title="Staff corporal">staff corporals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corporal_of_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporal of Horse">corporals of horse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lance_Corporal_of_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Lance Corporal of Horse">lance corporals of horse</a> of the Household Cavalry in full dress.</li> <li>Aiguillettes (3rd Class or Staff) are of gold and dark blue, crimson or light blue depending if worn by Royal Navy, Army or RAF officers. They are worn on the left shoulder by, among others, <a href="/wiki/Attach%C3%A9" title="Attaché">attachés</a>, assistants and aides-de-camp.</li> <li>Simple aiguillettes are worn by <a href="/wiki/Lance_corporal" title="Lance corporal">lance corporals</a> of the Household Cavalry and by bandsmen of <a href="/wiki/Dragoon_Guards" title="Dragoon Guards">Dragoon Guards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dragoon" title="Dragoon">Dragoon</a> <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiments</a> in full dress.</li> <li>The Commissioner of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> wears silver aiguillettes in both formal and ceremonial dress.</li> <li>The Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a> wear gold aiguillettes on the right shoulder in ceremonial dress. Some officers of that force also wear gold aiguillettes on the left shoulder in ceremonial dress.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_Gold_Aiguillette.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Army_Gold_Aiguillette.JPG/220px-US_Army_Gold_Aiguillette.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Army_Gold_Aiguillette.JPG/330px-US_Army_Gold_Aiguillette.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Army_Gold_Aiguillette.JPG/440px-US_Army_Gold_Aiguillette.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2742" data-file-height="1593" /></a><figcaption>US Army Service Aiguillette worn on the left arm by aides-de-camp, Army attaches, and assistant Army attaches and on the right arm by aides assigned to the President, White House, First Family, and foreign heads of state with the Class A Uniform and Army Service Uniform</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_020905-N-3228G-005_Change_of_Command_aboard_USS_O%27Kane.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/US_Navy_020905-N-3228G-005_Change_of_Command_aboard_USS_O%27Kane.jpg/220px-US_Navy_020905-N-3228G-005_Change_of_Command_aboard_USS_O%27Kane.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/US_Navy_020905-N-3228G-005_Change_of_Command_aboard_USS_O%27Kane.jpg/330px-US_Navy_020905-N-3228G-005_Change_of_Command_aboard_USS_O%27Kane.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/US_Navy_020905-N-3228G-005_Change_of_Command_aboard_USS_O%27Kane.jpg/440px-US_Navy_020905-N-3228G-005_Change_of_Command_aboard_USS_O%27Kane.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2130" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard Dress Aiguillette (White Uniform): one dark blue braided loop and two single loops</figcaption></figure> <p>The aiguillette is worn on the right shoulder by military aides to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a>. It is worn on the left shoulder by military assistants to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a>, aides to the Service Secretaries (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a> & <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a>), aide to the NOAA Administrator, military attachés, <a href="/wiki/General_staff" class="mw-redirect" title="General staff">General Staff Corps</a> officers, and aides to <a href="/wiki/Flag_officer" title="Flag officer">flag officers</a>. The cord colors are gold for the Army and silver for the Air Force, gold and blue for the Coast Guard, Navy and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, with one braid "per star" of the Flag Officer (one for RDML, two for RADM, three for VADM and four for ADM), and gold and red for the Marines, with the number of braids corresponding to the rank of the General Officer similar to the Navy use. The gold cord aiguillette is worn by the directors of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a>, while the enlisted personnel wear aiguillettes of white cord. </p><p>A red aiguillette is worn on the left shoulder by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> Recruit Division commanders, whereas a blue aiguillette is worn by Recruit Division commanders in training. Recruit Division commanders wearing these are referred colloquially as "red ropes" and "blue ropes" respectively. The U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard in Washington, D.C. wears a blue aiguillette on summer white uniforms and a white one on winter blue uniforms. From 1983 until the issue of the campaign hat, Women Marine Drill Instructors wore a red aiguillette similar to the Navy. </p><p>A blue aiguillette is worn on the left shoulder by military training leaders at technical training bases. Student airmen leaders at technical training bases (sometimes called "ropes" in reference to the aiguillette) also wear aiguillettes, with green representing the lowest level of student leadership, yellow representing the intermediate level of student leadership, and red representing the highest level of student leadership. Students wearing a white rope are commonly referred to as chapel guides, and are charged with providing social or moral support to their fellow airmen. Airmen who wear the black rope are experts in drill, choir, or ceremonies, and pride themselves on appearance and uniform wear. Airmen who wear a blue and white rope are members of the drum & bugle corps for their base. In the United States Air Force, honor guard members wear a silver aiguillette on the left shoulder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_military_cords">Other military cords</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Other military cords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The aiguillette should not be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Fourrag%C3%A8re" title="Fourragère">fourragère</a>, which is worn by soldiers and Marines who are assigned to units that were awarded certain decorations by the French and Belgian governments for valorous conduct in the First and Second World Wars. </p><p>Nor should it be confused with the <a href="/wiki/German_Armed_Forces_Badge_of_Marksmanship" title="German Armed Forces Badge of Marksmanship">Schützenschnur</a>, a multi-weapon marksmanship decoration awarded by Germany to qualifying soldiers of NATO countries serving in Germany. </p><p>A similar, albeit thicker, device, the <a href="/wiki/Infantry_Shoulder_Cord" title="Infantry Shoulder Cord">Infantry Shoulder Cord</a>, is worn on the right shoulder by all enlisted soldiers and officers in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> whose primary <a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="United States military occupation codes">Military Occupational Specialty</a> is infantry. </p><p>Many military units wear dress <a href="/wiki/Lanyard" title="Lanyard">lanyards</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPicken1957" class="citation book cs1">Picken, Mary Brooks (1957). <i>The fashion dictionary</i>. 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London: Tate Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85437-158-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-85437-158-4"><bdi>1-85437-158-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tudor+and+Jacobean+jewellery&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Tate+Publishing&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=1-85437-158-4&rft.aulast=Scarisbrick&rft.aufirst=Diana&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAiguillette" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-All-Hands-1968-04-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-All-Hands-1968-04_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Origin of aiguillettes". <i>All Hands</i>. <b>615</b>. Australia: Naval Department Library: 34–35. April 1968.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=All+Hands&rft.atitle=Origin+of+aiguillettes&rft.volume=615&rft.pages=34-35&rft.date=1968-04&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAiguillette" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">« Cette origine est espagnole. Le duc d'Albe, pour se venger de l'abandon d'un corps considérable de Belges, ordonna que les délits qui se commettraient fussent punis de la corde, sans distinction de rang. Ces braves firent dire au duc que, poux faciliter l'exécution de cette mesure, ils porteraient sur le col une corde et un clou. Cette troupe s'étant distinguée, la corde et le clou devinrent dos marques d'honneur, et furent transformés en aiguillette ». • Dictionnaire des proverbes français, 3rd edition, by M. de la Mésangère, La Société royale des antiquaires de France, Imprimerie de Crapelet, Treuttel & Würtz, Paris, Strasbuourg & Longdon, 1823 <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://ia600908.us.archive.org/11/items/dictionnairedesp00lam/dictionnairedesp00lam.pdf">https://ia600908.us.archive.org/11/items/dictionnairedesp00lam/dictionnairedesp00lam.pdf</a> <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSpain_Ministry_of_Defence" class="citation web cs1">Spain Ministry of Defence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/unidades/Zaragoza/agm/Tradiciones/Los-cordones-del-cadete.html">"Aiguillettes"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Aiguillettes&rft.au=Spain+Ministry+of+Defence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fejercito.defensa.gob.es%2Fen%2Funidades%2FZaragoza%2Fagm%2FTradiciones%2FLos-cordones-del-cadete.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAiguillette" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Arnold-1980-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Arnold-1980_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arnold-1980_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArnold1980" class="citation book cs1">Arnold, Janet (1980). <i>Lost from Her Majesties back</i>. <a href="/wiki/The_Costume_Society" title="The Costume Society">The Costume Society</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lost+from+Her+Majesties+back&rft.pub=The+Costume+Society&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Arnold&rft.aufirst=Janet&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAiguillette" class="Z3988"></span> (Items of clothing and jewels lost or given away by Elizabeth I between 1561 and 1583, entered in one of the day books kept for the records of the Wardrobe of Robes.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thomson_(advocate)" title="Thomas Thomson (advocate)">Thomas Thomson</a>, <i>Collection of Inventories</i> (Edinburgh, 1815), p. 278.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Australian-Army-2016-10-05-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Australian-Army-2016-10-05_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Traditions/Aiguillettes">"Aiguillettes"</a>. <i>Australian Army</i>. 5 October 2016. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180319094054/http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Traditions/Aiguillettes">Archived</a> from the original on 2018-03-19<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-01-06</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Australian+Army&rft.atitle=Aiguillettes&rft.date=2016-10-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.army.gov.au%2FOur-history%2FTraditions%2FAiguillettes&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAiguillette" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A-DH-265-000/AG-001 Canadian Armed Forces Dress Instructions, Ch.3, Section 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A-DH-265-000/AG-001 Canadian Armed Forces Dress Instructions, Ch. 3 Annex G</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_references">General references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aiguillette&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: General references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-small" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Arnold, Janet: <i>Patterns of Fashion: the cut and construction of clothes for men and women 1560–1620</i>, Macmillan 1985. Revised edition 1986. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89676-083-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-89676-083-9">0-89676-083-9</a></li> <li>Arnold, Janet: <i>Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd</i>, W S Maney and Son Ltd, Leeds 1988. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-901286-20-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-901286-20-6">0-901286-20-6</a></li> <li>Hearn, Karen, ed. <i>Dynasties: Painting in Tudor and Jacobean England 1530–1630. 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