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Finland Uniforms and Insignia
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Figure 22. Officer Ranks and Insignia, 1987
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Figure 23. Enlisted Ranks and Insignia, 1987
The Defense Forces wore three basic types of
uniforms--a
dress uniform, a service uniform, and a field uniform. The
army
dress and service uniforms were field-gray. The service
uniform
for army officers consisted of a field-gray jacket and
trousers,
a service cap, a silver-gray shirt, a field-gray
four-in-hand
tie, and black, low-quarter shoes. The service uniform
became the
dress uniform when augmented with breeches, riding boots,
and a
field cap. In winter, officer personnel wore field-gray
overcoats
and fur pile caps. Summer wear for enlisted personnel
consisted
of a shirt and trousers, combat boots, a scarf, and a
visorless
field cap. The field uniform was the service uniform
supplemented
by jackboots, a camouflage jacket, and trousers in
summer--or
white overalls in winter, along with a field cap or a
steel
helmet.
Air force uniforms were blue; the navy wore dark blue
in
winter and white in summer. Officers of the air force and
the
navy wore service uniforms of the same cut and style as
army
officers. The air force dress shirt was light blue, and
the navy
dress shirt was white.
Army officers wore shoulderboards designating by color
the
branch of service. Insignia of rank were worn on the
lapels. Air
force officers wore sleeve bars, and naval officers wore
stripes
that conformed closely to the rank insignia of the United
States
Navy
(see
fig. 22). Enlisted personnel wore chevrons
against a
background color designating the branch of service.
Noncommissioned officer ranks were also worn on
sleeveboards
(see
fig. 23).
Data as of December 1988
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