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Grand marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "marshal" with the first usage of the term "grand marshal" as a ceremonial title for certain religious orders. The following are some additional usages of the term grand marshal:
The Spanish rank mariscal presidente de los ejércitos (English: "marshal president of the armies") was a rank given by the Paraguayan Congress to Francisco Solano López at the beginning of the Paraguayan War. It is equivalent to the rank of grand marshal.
Past 'acting rank' provincial grand officers may be considered for promotion to either a higher provincial office ('acting' or 'past') or, in due time, even at UGLE (Grand Lodge) level. Holders of UGLE Grand Rank are distinguished from provincial grand officers by wearing aprons that are of a larger size and of slightly different design. UGLE ...
The four highest Royal Air Force ranks are marshal of the Royal Air Force, air chief marshal, air marshal and air vice marshal (although the first named, which has generally been suspended as a peacetime rank, is the only one which can properly be considered a marshal). The five-star rank of marshal of the Air Force is used by some Commonwealth ...
The 1955 to 1965 marshal officer ranks of yuánshuài (5-star Marshal) and dà yuánshuài (6-star grand marshal) were not revived. The general officer ranks ( jiang ) were revised by the addition of semi-circular wreath at the bottom of the insignia and by a change in the name of the highest general officer rank from da jiang ( 4-star General ...
Surviving Serbian field marshals retained their ranks in Yugoslavia. 16 August 1921 - HM King Alexander I (1888–1934) 9 October 1934 - HM King Peter II (1923–1970) 29 November 1943 - Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980)
Marshal of the air force or marshal of the air is a five-star rank (or NATO equivalent OF-10) and an English-language term for the most senior rank in some air forces.It is usually the direct equivalent of a general of the air force in other air forces, a field marshal or general of the army in many armies, or a naval admiral of the fleet.
Grand Marshal of Peru (Spanish: Gran Mariscal del Perú), commonly referred as Marshal of Peru, is the highest rank in the Peruvian Army. Unlike the other ranks, it is conferred only to an officer who has been victorious at war.