achern Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Gents, Here's what arrived the mail today. A pair of Field Marshal ranks from Pakistan. These are quite small shoulder boards, and the back has a strap with a snap-on button. They came wrapped tightly in some very old, very yellow, and very flaky cellophane paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Alf - must have been for field service ? Interesting the way British influence still persists years after the Colonial links have been broken. I wonder if a Pakistan FM actually carries a Baton as on the Rank ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Very nice examples thanks for posting them. Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achern Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 Hard to say what it was for, but they do have a 'bush jacket'. It doesn't seem quite appropriate to use bullion for field dress, but one never knows! The current highest rank is that of General, and it is also based on the British system of crossed-sword-and-baton, diamond pip and the crescent-and-star. There was only one FM, Muhammad Ayub Khan, before and up to 1958. Alf - must have been for field service ? Interesting the way British influence still persists years after the Colonial links have been broken. I wonder if a Pakistan FM actually carries a Baton as on the Rank ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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