Epaulets that indicate rank.
1He was bareheaded, in khakis and moccasins, and apparently never wore shoulder boards.
2With him was a captain with the distinctive NKVD shoulder boards.
3The uniforms were without insignia and without shoulder boards.
4The senior officer was a woman, a major by the stars on her shoulder boards.
5He was dressed in a gray uniform with the square shoulder boards of the Foreign Office.
6He was wearing a faux white naval jacket replete with shoulder boards and a sleeve insignia.
7He was in tropical whites, the shirt having short sleeves and shoulder boards bearing four gold stripes.
8After a perceptible moment, during which she looked at his shoulder boards, a faint light of recognition crossed her face.