Confederation of Soviet Danubian States (CSDS)

After the civil war that lead to the creation of the CSDS, a system of rank insignias was introduced as a way to lessen the apparent differences between the various levels (officers used to be almost exclusively noblemen). As such, they are all similar to some worn by enlisted men in other armies but worn on the lower arms, just over the cuffs.

Although it was never spelled out in any manuals, there was still distinction between officers and enlisted men that was not very hard to spot: lower ranks used 1 colour (red or yellow) while higher-ups use both. In addition, the size of the star increased.

Branch Distinctions (Worn over rank's chevrons)
Danubian Workers' & Peasants' Army	Danubian People's Airforce	Danubian Fishermen's & Dockworkers' Navy	Danubian Border Guard

The title used to designate each ranks were also modified to take away some of the glamour by making it descriptive (and so less like a title of distinction). Because of that, the actual title used vary depending which service one's belonged to. This mean that "regiment commander" in the infantry would be called "district supervisor" in the administrative even though in other armies they would both be called "colonel". Follows a list of some rank names:

As for the navy, the CSDS' military decided to "proletarised" its rank too while maintaining a system that would be appropriate to the naval environment (name in "quotes" are equivalents but never used officialy):

NOTE:Because the titles are a mouthfull, they were always shorten (in speech) following a standard mean so that field commander would be known as (the local language equivalent of) "filcom", a platoon leader "platlead", etc....