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Corps colours (Waffen-SS)

November 23, 2023

See also: Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS

Corps colours, or Troop-function colours (German: Waffenfarben) were worn in the Waffen-SS from 1938 until 1945 in order to distinguish between various branches of service, units, and functions. The corps colours were part of the pipings, gorget patches (collar patches), and shoulder boards. The colour scheme was similar to the corps colours of the German Army from 1935 to 1945. The colours appeared mainly on the piping around the shoulder boards showing a soldier's rank.

Colours and examples edit

The table below contains the Waffen-SS corps colours, and examples for their use from 1938 to 1945.

Branch / unit / function Colour Example Rank / Explanation
silver-grey    
 
 SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer and
General of the Waffen-SS
Infantry white   Flag of SS-Panzergrenadier-
Regiment 40
 
Artillery scarlet   Artillery flag
  SS-Obersturmbannführer
Veterinary service carmine red   SS-Sturmbannführer
Legal service bordeaux red no example
Geologists light pink no example
Transport salmon-pink no example
rose-pink
 
 SS-Scharführer
lemon yellow
 
 SS-Untersturmführer
  • Cavalry
  • Reconnaissance (1942–45)
  • Armored reconnaissance
 golden yellow
 
 SS-Obersturmführer
orange
 
 
 SS-Unterscharführer

SS-Standartenjunker
(officer candidate OR-6)
Reconnaissance (1938–42) copper-brown
 
  • Standartenführer
  • Oberführer
Concentration camps light brown
 
 SS-Hauptscharführer
Sicherheitsdienst (intelligence service) poison green
 
 SS-Sturmscharführer
Gebirgstruppe (mountain troops) Meadow green
 
 SS-Untersturmführer
  • Ersatzwesen (recruitment service)
  • SS-Sonderführer
  • SS reserve officers
 dark green
 
 SS-Obersturmführer
Supply light blue
 
 SS-Hauptsturmführer
Administration bright blue
 
 SS-Hauptsturmführer
Medical service cornflower blue
 
  • Standartenführer
  • Oberführer
Engineers corps
  • Assault engineers
  • Construction engineers
 black
 
 SS-Oberscharführer
main colour for collar patches
 
 SS-Unterscharführer
main colour for uniforms field-grey identical with Heer (regular
army) uniform colour

See also edit

References edit

  • Adolf Schlicht, John R. Angolia: Die deutsche Wehrmacht, Uniformierung und Ausrüstung 1933-1945
    Vol. 1: Das Heer (ISBN 3613013908), Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1992
    Vol. 3: Die Luftwaffe (ISBN 3-613-02001-7), Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1999
    (very detailed information and discussion but no coloured images)

External links edit

  • German WWII Army & SS Rank & Insignia

November 23, 2023
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