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