Larisch embroidery
As Larisch embroidery , also Altpreußische embroidery or Arabeskenstickerei called a special pattern of embroidery referred to the collar patches German generals is used. In some German armed forces , the sleeve flaps were also made using this technique.
origin
Wilhelm II designated this embroidery as a special mark for all generals of the German Empire in 1900 . Since then, the embroidery has been retained by all German armed forces for the army . The background of the embroidery is always red, also the weapon color of the German generals since 1900 .
The embroidery originally came from the uniforms of Infantry Regiment No. 26 of the Prussian Army and was worn there as buttonhole decoration along the cuffs. The button slit is recognizable in today's embroidery and the final, formerly fully made tassel, has been preserved in stylized form.
Origin of name
The name "Larisch embroidery" comes from the last chief of Regiment No. 26, Lieutenant General Johann Karl Leopold von Larisch , at that time regiments were named after their respective chief. The regiment was disbanded on November 7, 1806 with the surrender of Blücher near Ratekau .
First World War
During the First World War , Larisch embroidery was also used for collar and sleeve flaps by general managers.
Second World War
A special form was introduced for field marshals in 1940. This was a little longer and the leaf-shaped decoration in the middle of the embroidery was extended by one leaf per side.
Wehrmacht officers of the army in the rank of general contributed to the collar mirrors the same embroidery, but on dark green instead of bright red badge cloth with advances in the "secondary weapons color" of its administrative branch.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary of German military history, 1st edition (Liz.5, P189 / 84, LSV: 0547, B-No. 746 635 0), Military Publishing House of the GDR (VEB) - Berlin, 1985, Volume 1, p. 396 "Arabeskenstickerei ".
- ↑ List of officers of the Larisch Regiment . In: Karl Neander von Petersheiden: Illustrative Tables , 1801, Appendix, p. 13.