Lampasse

In German-speaking countries the uniforms of general staff–qualified officers featured distinctive double-wide lampasses.

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.

However general uniforms featured lampasses in corps colour (German: Waffenfarbe.

However, general officers of the National People's Army, Volkspolizei and Stasi, as well as flag officers of the Volksmarine wore double-wide lampasses on uniform trousers in the appropriate corps colour until 1990.

In Germany today the general officers of the Bundespolizei wear double-wide Lampasses in deep green.