Field grade officer rank stars

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Metallic thread rank stars in the metal contrasting with the underlay lace braid. These stars were made in at least two sizes.  Which ones were commonly worn with the field uniform rank collar tabs?

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So there were no firm regulations about it?

[Christian1962]

It´s quite simple:

Leutnant, Major and Generalmajor who had just 1 star commonly used the bigger stars.

Grades with two or three stars used the smaller ones.

But: this does not exclude that some officers used the bigger stars too as captain, colonel or full general at own preference. That´s Austria....

Regards

Christian

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Christian 1962:  Thank you!