What is the meaning of the Gold (or White) loops of cord that some Military Men wear on their shoulders?Please

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What is the meaning of the Gold (or White) loops of cord that some Military Men wear on their shoulders?Please
Or they also may be agulets, meaning a certain position, or an aide to a Flag Officer.
Reply:It can mean various things, but usually in the Royal Navy it means that you are attached to the staff of the Flag Officer in command.
Reply:Aguilletes or Fouragiers. Depending on the shoulder. They can be blue, gold, red, white, black, green, silver, etc. If it is an aguillete (rope) it denotes either type of mos in the army(gold cavalry, blue infantry etc.) or special duty in the USAF. Fouragiers are on the opposite shoulder and are battle honors for the unit you are assigned to. Mostly given to us by the french in WW2.
Reply:The lanyards were first worn by gunners and were originally %26#039;slow match%26#039; dipped in a solution of saltpetre which smouldered slowly and were used as fuses to to fire cannons. Somehow they have become adopted by other soldiers and are now just a part of their dress uniforms. I%26#039;m surprised the MOD hasn%26#039;t recalled them and issued two sticks to rub together as an economy measure.
Reply:It is a reminde of the Regiment or Corps original military dress. It has no function. They are called lanyards. Some are worn on the left shoulde and some are on the right shoulder. They vary in colour from blue, red, white or yellow. The Royal Signals wear Blue. Again many regiments (infantry) wear a %26quot;Hackle%26quot; iin their berets, and this varies in style and colour with different regiments. These were originally introduced in the old days to be able to recognise your own men in close quarter fighting. The Royal Welsh fusiliers before they were disbanded would wear a triangle of black cloth on the back of their collar. This was to remember the days when the regiment all had small pigtails. Hope this helps.
Reply:Im not military and do not know what eeach color of cord stands for...but I do know they denote whether you are infantry, calvalry etc....infantry is blue
Reply:David W is correct kinda. The Royal Artillery have a white lanyard on there no 2 and no1 dress uniform as they abandoned their guns for fear of being over run and the Royal Engineers took the guns over and successfully defended the position. For this the RE wear a blue lanyard on their dress uniforms. The Royal Signals also have a blue lanyard as they were formed in the RE in WW1 and retained the honour
Reply:those are called lanyard.





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Reply:These are called aigulettes and are worn with full dress or %26quot;best blue%26quot; uniform-depending on the arm of the service.


Wearing these denotes the bearer as an aide-de-camp to a General or officer of equivalent rank.
Reply:It is called a Lanyard and originally was attached to the weapon to stop it from being dropped. Now it very often denotes their corps. Blue, for example is a Royal regiment or corps as in the Royal corps of signals.


A real Lanyard is white and is attached to the pistol of an officer.



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