Английская Википедия:Corps colours of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945)
Corps colours, or troop-function colours (ge: Waffenfarben) were worn in the German Luftwaffe from 1935 until 1945, in order to distinguish between several branches, special services, corps, rank groups, and appointments of the ministerial area, the general staff, and the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW). The corps colours were part of the uniform piping, gorget patches, shoulder straps, arabesque and lampasse ornaments of general and flag officers. They were also part of heraldic flags, colours, standards, and guidons.
In the Luftwaffe, there was a strictly defined system of corps colours for collar patches, piping, and coloured edging around the shoulder boards or straps. The chevrons on special clothes for Luftwaffe personnel, e.g. flight suits and jumpsuits, also showed corps colours.
Colours and examples
The table below contains some corps colours and examples used by the Luftwaffe from 1935-45.
| Troops, unit, appointment | Corps colour | Example | Remark | |||
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White (Weiß) | Файл:WMacht Lw OF9 GenOberst h 1945.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Generaloberst 3D.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe paraman Generaloberst 3D.svg | Generaloberst | |
| Файл:Spod 2pszw.png | Lampasses (uniform trousers, breeches) | |||||
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White (close patch) |
Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Unterfeldwebel 3D.svg | Unterwachtmeister | |||
| Deep-red (piping) |
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Deep-red (Tiefrot) | Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Feldwebel 3D.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe paraman Feldwebel 3D.svg | Файл:Lw Fahne Flak Artillerie VR.svg | ||
| Officers in general staff service (Generalstabsoffiziere) | Carmine (Karmesin) | Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Oberst 3D.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe paraman Oberst 3D.svg | Oberst i.G. (colonel in general staff service) | ||
| Gold-yellow (Goldgelb) | Lampasses (uniform trousers, breeches) | |||||
| Military judicial service (Militärgerichtsbarkeit) | Purple (Purpur) | Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Hauptmann 3D.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe paraman Hauptmann 3D.svg | Stabsrichter | ||
| Field chaplains | Purple (#C154C1) |
Файл:Wehrmacht Lw Militärgeistlicher 1945collar.jpg | ||||
| Aviator engineer(ing) service (Fliegeringenieurdienst) | Pink (Rosa) | From Generalleutnant (engineer) OF7 to Leutnant (engineer) OF1a | ||||
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Gold-yellow (Goldgelb) | Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Oberfeldwebel 3D.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe paraman Oberfeldwebel 3D.svg | Файл:Fliegende Einheiten Abteilung Luftwaffe.svg |
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Bright-green (Hellgrün) | Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Hauptgefreiter 3D.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe - Hauptgefreiter.svg | Hauptgefreiter | ||
| Luftwaffe Field Divisions (prior to changing to white under Heer control in 1944) | Hunter-green (Jägergrün) | Файл:Lw Fahne Fallschirmjäger VR.svg | Troops standard | |||
| Universally used by the Militärverwaltung of the Luftwaffe | Dark-green (#00703E) | Main colour of the uniform gorget and collar patches' backgraund | ||||
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Light-blue (Hellblau) | |||||
| Air force medical corps (Sanitätstruppe) | Blue (Blau) | Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Stabsgefreiter 3D.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe - Stabsgefreiter.svg | Stabsgefreiter | ||
| Air communications corps (Luftnachrichtentruppe) | Saddle brown (Braun) | Файл:Luftwaffe collar tabs Major 3D.svg | Файл:Luftwaffe paraman Major 3D.svg | Файл:Lw Fahne Nachrichteneinheiten VR.svg |
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Black (Schwarz) | N/A | Файл:Luftwaffe paraman Stabsfeldwebel 3D.svg | Stabsfeldwebel | ||
Exceptions & special cases
Special regulations applied to corps colours of units, services, and special troops, attached permanently to the ground services of the Heer.
- Division "Hermann Göring": Kragenspiegel and shoulder strap piping (Schulterklappenvorstoß) "white", collar patches´ piping (Kragenspiegelvotstoß) in corps colours:
- White (with black border line): infantry,
- Scarlet: artillery and anti-aircraft defence (Flugabwehr)
- Golden-brown: communications
- Black: engineer
- Rose-pink: armour, antitank (Panzerjäger) and armoured reconnaissance (Panzeraufklärer).
- Air Force divisions: Collar patch main colour: green piping to collar patches and shoulder straps in corps colours:
- Yellow: cyclists (Radfahrer) and reconnaissance (Aufklärer),
- Rose-pink: antitank troops (Panzerjäger)
- Scarlet: artillery and anti aircraft defence (Flugabwehr)
- Bright-blue: Supply (Nachschubtruppe) and Administration (Verwaltungstruppe)
- Golden-brown: communications
See also
- Corps colour
- Corps colours (Waffen-SS)
- Corps colours of the German Army (1935–1945)
- Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945)
- Ranks and insignia of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945)
References
- Glossary of German military terms
- Adolf Schlicht, John R. Angolia: Die deutsche Wehrmacht, Uniformierung und Ausrüstung 1933-1945
Vol. 1: Das Heer (Шаблон:ISBN), Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1992
Vol. 3: Die Luftwaffe (Шаблон:ISBN), Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1999 (Very detailed information and discussion but no coloured images)
Шаблон:Uniforms, insignia and ranks of Nazi Germany
