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===Gorget patches=== {{Main article|Gorget patches}} [[Image:RAF Off Cdt.png|thumb|upright=.6|left|A gorget patch as worn by an RAF Officer Cadet]] The scarlet patches still worn on each side of the collar of the tunics of [[British Army]] [[general officer]]s and [[Military rank#Field or senior officers|senior officers]] are called "gorget patches" in reference to this article of armour. There were two types - the first, red with a crimson centre stripe, were for Colonels and Brigadiers, and red with a gold centre stripe for General Officers. Today, they signify an officer of the General Staff, to which all British officers are appointed on reaching the rank of Colonel. With limited exceptions such as senior officers of the Army Medical and Dental Corps, the historic colour differentials are no longer worn in the British service.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} However, the historic colours are still used in the gorget patches of the Canadian Army. [[Air officer]]s in the [[Indian Air Force|Indian]] and [[Sri Lanka Air Force|Sri Lankan]] air forces also wear gorget patches with one to five stars depending on their seniority.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Heraldry/Uniform/380-Collar-Tabs.html|title=Collar Tabs|access-date=2010-08-13|archive-date=2009-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230181649/http://bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Heraldry/Uniform/380-Collar-Tabs.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] [[officer cadet]]s wear white gorget patches on their service dress and mess dress uniforms. Very similar collar patches are worn by British army officer cadets at [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] on the standup collars of their dark-blue "Number One" dress uniforms. These features of modern uniforms are a residual survival from the earlier practice of suspending the actual gorgets from ribbons attached to buttons on both collars of the uniform. Such buttons were often mounted on a patch of coloured cloth or gold embroidery.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
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