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- Aug 25, 2012
I was wondering why generals had their buttons in groups of two and groups of three. This allowed soldiers to tell the rank of a general but why was this adopted? Perhaps the U.S. Army copied this from the practice of some other nation as a way to identify generals. I know some European regiments set thier button is certain groups but I do not recall European generals using this a an indication of rank. I might have to research European generals coat buttons to find the origin of this practice.