Ranks and insignia of the Armed Forces of the Empire of Brazil
# Ranks and insignia of the Armed Forces of the Empire of Brazil

The ranks and insignia of the Empire of Brazil were a rank system used by the Armed Forces of the Empire of Brazil.

## Imperial Army

The rank insignia of the Estado-Maior (General/Flag officers) were established by an Imperial decree on the 7th of October 1823. It bears the leaves of an Oak-tree, similar to the ranks of the Portuguese Army of the early 1800s. The ranks for the Senior and Junior Officers were the same throughout Pedro II's reign.

### Paraguayan War

**Officers**

| Rank group | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Imperial Brazilian Army | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Imperial Brazilian Army | Marechal de Exército | Marechal de Exército | Liutenant General | Liutenant General | Marechal de Campo | Marechal de Campo | Brigadeiro | Brigadeiro | | | Coronel | Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Major | Capitão | Capitão | Tenente | Tenente | Alferes | Alferes |

### NCOs

| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Imperial Brazilian Army | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Imperial Brazilian Army | | | | | | | | | | | Primeiro-sargento | Primeiro-sargento | Primeiro-sargento | Primeiro-sargento | Primeiro-sargento | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Furriel | Furriel | Furriel | | | Cabo | Cabo | | | Soldado |

* ↑ Barroso 1922, pp. 30, 47.
* 1 2 "História Militar do Brasil" (in Portuguese).
