Lampasse

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Emperor Franz Joseph the Ist, with golden double-wide lampasses

Lampasse(s) (German: Lampasse(n).) are in a large number of national armed forces trouser stripes. In German speaking countries as General Staff–qualified officers, their uniform featured these distinctive double-wide lampasses.[1] Because of the similar spelling, it should not be mixed up with the Lampas (French: Lampas).) which is of different meaning.

Germany

The lampasses of the General Staff–qualified officers up to colonel were in carmine. However general uniforms featured lampasses in corps colour (German: Waffenfarbe.), e.g. Air Force in Skyblue.

Historical examples


  • Red double-wide lampasses of the Wuerttemberg 3rd Kavalery-Regiment, 1825.

  • Red double-wide lampasses of the Prussian Generl officers.

  • Marshal Evelyn Wood with gold-lampasses.

  • Mounted officer with red lampasses.

  • Friedrich Wilhelm III with red double-lampasses.

  • Soviet marshals, Zhukov and Rokossovsky in 1945.

Lampasse today

In Germany today the general officers of the Bundesgrenzschutz wear double-wide lampasses in deep green. The gold-coloured lampasses of the US-Cavalry is also well known. Lampasses are worn even today in a large number of national armed forces on Dress uniform, Full dress uniform, or duty uniform of general officers.

See also

Sources / references

  1. ↑ BROCKHAUS Encyclopaedia in 24 Volumes, volume 13: 3-7653-3673-4, 2001, P. 27. (German)
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