Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Waffenfarbe is a means the German military uses to distinguish between different corps or troop functions in its armed services. The waffenfarbe is the colour of the collar patch, of the piping (colored edging) around the shoulder boards or shoulder straps and - for enlisted ranks - of the piping around the collar and the garrison cap (schiffchen). (In the latter places, NCO''s wear cords of dark gold, officers silver, and generals gold.)The German Army uses a waffenfarben scheme of colors to indicate troop types. The colors appear on the collar patch and as piping around the shoulder boards or straps showing a soldier''s rank.