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= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1918-1919 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1919-1922 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1922-1927 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1927-1936 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1936-1939 =

For non-commissioned officers the rank insignia was still worn only on the sleeves. The cadre NCO's wore a distinct insignia, which was later worn by enlistees (värvätty).

Some of the branch colors were already changed in 1937. All cavalry collar tabs had their backing and piping colors inverted due practical reasons. After this reform the backing color of all cavalry collar tabs was yellow.

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1939-1941 =

According to the 1939 uniform regulations, the changes were to be done on the collar tabs by 1st January 1940. Although the changes to the insignia were ordered before the Winter War, they were often not applied in practice before the start of the hostilities. The older uniform articles m/22 and m/27 with their distinct rank insignia were also still in use with their own standing rank insignia regulations.

The generals' collar tab piping color was unified with the other branches, this meant that the generals no longer wore golden piping and spruces on the collar.

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1941-1952 =

Changes incorporated
On 13th June, 1941, Field Marshal Mannerheim ordered reserve officer ranks to be discontinued and they were admitted active service ranks. The silver roses worn by reserve officers were replaced with their golden counterparts. Despite that, career officers could still be distinguished from the lion insignia worn on the epaulets, however wearing of the said insignia was discontinued in 1942. On the same date the distinction between reserve NCO's and cadre NCO's was removed, however due the low availability of NCO collar tabs, the fulfillment of older regulations with rank displayed on epaulets was still allowed.

One difference to the ranks moved to collar was the rank of korpraali. The rank was not displayed on the collar tab with a single chevron, but the older chevron on the epaulet. The previous NCO collar tab was incorporated for enlisted cadre personnel (värvätty mies), whilst single chevron in the collar tab signaled the rank of värvätty korpraali.

The wartime realities meant that the usage of collar tabs was rather uncommon, especially among enlisted personnel. This meant that the enlisted personnel wore no collar tabs and non-commissioned officers wore their insignias as simple stripes in the epaulets. Officers often also wore their roses directly on the collar due threat of enemy snipers, similarly to the m/27 Uniform's regulations.

Navy Officers
= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1952-1958 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1958-1962 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1962-1974 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1974-1984 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1984-1997 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 1997-2007 =

= Finnish Military Ranks and Insignia 2007- = = Notes =

= References =
 * Puolustusministeriö (1936). Kenttäpuku m/36 sekä sotilasvirkamiesten ja erikoismestarien ammattimerkit: Intendenttiosaston kiertokirje n:o 40/36. Int. 2."
 * Puolustusministeriö (1937). "Kenttäpuku m/36 ja sadetakki m/36."
 * Puolustusministeriö (1938). "Muutoksia ja lisäyksiä valtakunnan puolustusvoimien virkapukuohjesääntöön."
 * Puolustusministeriö (1939). "Kevyt takki : helletakki, kesälakki, olkainnauha, öljytakki ja lakinsuojus. Kauluslaatat asetakissa m/36, erinäiset arvomerkit."
 * Päämajan intendenttiosasto (1942). "Vuonna 1936 ja sen jälkeen vahvistetut puolustuslaitoksen henkilökunnan virkapukumääräykset".
 * Aarniaho, P. (1996). "Kaluunat ja rähinäremmit: Itsenäisen Suomen virkapuvut ja arvomerkit 1918-1945." Ase-lehti.
 * Leino, P., & Kuusela, K. (1998). "Asepuku m/36: vuosina 1936-1945." Wiking-divisioona.
 * Palokangas, M. (2000). "Itsenäisen suomen sotilasarvot ja -arvomerkit: Suomen maavoimien sotilasarvojärjestelmä ja arvoasteiden merkitsemistavat vuosina 1917-2000: with an English summary." Apali.