Color of generals' uniforms

[Frank Soon]

Are the land forces' generals' service uniforms slightly different in color with those of other officers? someone said so, but I see no diffrence in color from various photos. I know the color of cloth could vary by periods, but what about in the same period? if really different, was it intended that way?
Opinions please, especially those of you who own genuine general's uniforms. Thanks.

[olivyaya]

Mine has a special shade that hardly come out onto pics... I would say it is not due to the colour, but to the quality of the fabric !

[iannima]

I would expect generals' uniforms to be made out of better quality cloth with a higher percentage of wool etc. Inevitably that will mean that the cloth will "shine" differently than an ordinary gabardine.

[David H]

Your spot on chaps! Whilst it is all meant to be the same colour, there is a vast array of cloths and colours used on Generals uniforms. I have a couple of Generals uniforms only two of which seem to be of the same material. Interestingly the later the uniform the more consistant the cloth culminating with the high nylon/polyester content material which was very consistant across the board.

[Rev462]

It's been my experience that a variety of materials was used to make generals' uniforms. I have a couple that are made of clearly superior materials from the everday stuff and the color is much more greenish.

I have also seen uniforms made from "common materials", i.e., typical officer gabardine, and thus the color is the same as the officers.

I guess it all depends on how much money the guy wanted to spend on his uniform.

But in all cases, construction is superior to the issue stuff. While all of the following features may not be present in all generals' tunics, a legit tunic should have at least one or two of these: WWII-style zig zag stitching under the collar, unusual felt-like material under the collar, metal grommets for shoulder board strings, two inner chest pockets, nicely stitched openings for academy badges.