Tassels confusion navy, army, nlf ? Help

[Alaen]

I have this tassel but not very familiar we gunto tassel and I need you help to used in the correct mount one is light brown regular wide size the 2 is more like orange brown and wider and finally the last is like dark chocolate and any of this one are not genuine 

[Bruce Pennington]

@PNSSHOGUN is our resident tassel expert, but the difficulty comes from the effects of time and fading.  I've seen Company and Field grade tassels so faded they are almost completely brown.  So you can imagine the effects of fading on all-brown tassels.  

 

I would put the 2 on the left in the Army/Gunzoku category and the one on the right as Navy.  

 

They all look legit to me, but then again, I don't study these.

[Alaen]

Thanks Bruce y was not sure, but there is a chance that the very dark chocolate was made for a high grade officer like general and this case the 1 one light brown common found on all navy ? Hope John can help 

[Ontario_Archaeology]

All navy tassels were brown and plain, with the exception of a rare brown with brown zig zag stitching like a gunto general tassel. 

 

There are different browns based on the period / version of tassel, so there is a wide range of variation of brown throughout. Not to mention that different uniform companies would have used slightly different shades of brown. This is displayed not on on brown navy tassels but company grade and field grade ones as well. There are some really good threads on here diving into more detail regarding not only navy tassels but other ones as well. 

 

Hope that helps a little bit.