Lampasse

Not to be confused with the fabric lampas.
Soviet marshals Zhukov and Rokossovsky with red double lampasses in 1945
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Lampasse(s) (German: Lampasse(n)) are trouser stripes adorning the dress uniforms of many armed forces, police, fire and other public uniformed services. In German-speaking countries the uniforms of general staff–qualified officers featured distinctive double-wide lampasses.[1]

For a comparable feature of civilian dress, see galloon.

Ancient Scythians often decorated the seams of their trousers with lampasse-like elements,[2] but the modern fad for lampasses originated in civilian fashion in the early years of the 19th century and soon passed into military use - by 1815 in Prussia, for example.

  1. ^ BROCKHAUS Encyclopaedia in 24 Volumes, volume 13: ISBN 3-7653-3673-4, 2001, p. 27. (in German)
  2. ^ Тороп, С.О. (17 February 2010). "Скіфський одяг" Історія Нікопольщини - Давня історія (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 June 2023. Нерідко шкіряні штани прикрашалися «лампасами» і різноманітними вишивками.