CHEVRON

CHEVRON is also the name of a V-shaped band of worsted braid or gold lace, worn on the sleeve by non-commissioned officers of the British army as a badge of rank. Four chevrons indicate a sergeant-major or staff-sergeant, three a sergeant, two a corporal, and one a bombardier in the artillery, a second corporal in the engineers, and a lance-corporal in other branches. Good-conduct badges are precisely similar, but the point is upwards instead of downwards. They are worn by non-commissioned officers below the rank of sergeant, and by private soldiers as well. A similar use is made of chevrons in the army of the United States and other countries.