Couleur

Couleur (from French, in English Colour, or in the United States Color) is the expression used in European Studentenverbindungen for the headgears and ribbons worn by members of these student societies.

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There are three classes of such student societies:

Ribbon

The ribbon is worn over the right shoulder to the left hip. Both ends are hold together by a button. A lot of societies are having two types of ribbons. One is used by the new members (so called Fux or Fuchs), the other one is used by the elder members (so called Bursche). The ribbons of the elder members show the origin colours of the society, the ribbons of the new one show a variation of them.

Cap

Mostly a cap consists of:

There are various forms of caps, e.g.:

Stürmer

A special and seldom form of headgear is called Stürmer.

It has a black peak, a black band and the top of the crown points to the front. The crown is also coloured by one of the colours of the ribbon. Sometimes a Zirkel is embroidered on the top.

Tönnchen

A Tönnchen is a headgear with:
  • a flat crown, the top coloured by one of the colours of the ribbon and mostly embroidered with the Zirkel,
  • straight upright sides with the colours of the ribbon.

Straßencerevis

A Straßencerevis looks like a Tönnchen but is embroidered with a Zirkel and oak leaves or vine leaves.

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