Corps Colours (Waffen-SS)
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'' from 1938 until 1945 in order to distinguish between various branches of service, units, and functions. The corps colours were part of the pipings,
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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

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


See also

* Corps colours of the ''Luftwaffe'' (1935–1945) * Corps colours of the ''Sturmabteilung''


References

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


External links


''Waffenfarben'' of the ''Wehrmacht Heer''


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