Corps colours, or Troop-function colours (German: "Waffenfarben") were worn in the German Wehrmacht from 1935 until 1945 as discrimination criteria between several branches, special services, corps, rank groups, and appointments of the ministerial area, the general staff, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), up to the military branches of the Heer, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.
With the formation of the Waffen-SS (Armed SS) and so-called Gesamt-SA (Common Sturmabteilung) by simultaneous new-structuring in line with military principles, corps colours were introduced to these organisations as well.
After the incorporation of the SA-Obergruppe Ostmark to the main SA organisation in March 1938, the formation of Gesamt-SA began in January 1939.
The previous Motor-SA was transferred to the National Socialist Motor Corps – NSMC (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrerkorps – NSKK), and the Flieger-SA together with the Flieger-SS formed the new National Socialist Flyers Corps – NSFC (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegererkorps – NSFK).
[1] (Karmesin-rot) (hell-rot) (Zitronen-gelb) (Gold-gelb) (Jäger-gruen) (Königs-blau) (Marin-blau) (Grau) (Schwarz)