Pompon (uniform)
A pompon is a woolen pommel on military headgear . It appeared around the time of the coalition wars and was usually attached to the front of the shako . In Tschapka or caterpillar helmets , the pompom was usually worn on the side. In addition to its ornamental function, the pompom also served to indicate through its color that the wearer belonged to a unit. As a rule, the company was differentiated within an association or elite companies such as grenadiers and voltigeurs were identified, while the regiments themselves were usually distinguished by corresponding colored badges on their uniforms . Occasionally, one was tufted or -stutz worn over the pompom. The pom-pom disappeared from most field uniforms at the latest in World War I , but the French navy and Scottish troops of the British Army still wore the pom-pom on a sailor's hat or beret in World War II . You can still find it today on the parade uniforms of some armed forces.
On civilian clothes, pompons are called bobbles or bolls .
literature
- Laurent Mirouze: Infantrymen of the First World War Verlag Karl-Heinz Dissberger, Düsseldorf 1990 ISBN 3-924753-28-8
- Friedrich Köhler: Pocket dictionary of the French and German language published by Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig 1927
- Richard Knötel , Herbert Knötel and Herbert Sieg: Colored Handbook of Uniform Studies. (2 volumes), Augsburg 1997