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>Army Epaulettes, 1851
>Major General Commanding the Army
>Silver outranks Gold
In terms of heraldic tradition, insignia changes over time created the situation of silver outranking gold. Beginning in 1780, general officer rank was designated by silver stars.[2] Beginning in the 1830s, colonels wore silver eagles, with the color likely chosen because general officers already wore silver.[2] Infantry officers wore silver epaulettes, while other branches wore gold, and their rank insignia was the opposite color of their epaulettes, so Infantry first lieutenants and captains wore gold bars.[2] All second lieutenants wore epaulettes with no insignia.[2]
During the American Civil War, all lieutenant colonels were directed to wear a silver oak leaf with gold braid on the epaulette, and all majors a gold leaf with silver braid.[2] In 1872, the army began to use shoulder knots instead of epaulettes.[2] Since generals, colonels, and lieutenant colonels already wore silver, changing the insignia of first lieutenants and captains from gold to silver was logical.[2] Since majors already wore gold oak leaves, maintaining the current policy was also logical.[2] Shoulder knots with no insignia designated second lieutenants.[2] By World War I, metal collar insignia was regularly used to designate officers, requiring a way to differentiate between second lieutenants and privates; since silver bars already designated first lieutenants, the army opted to use gold for second lieutenants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia
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