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This table contains the final ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS, which were in use from April 1942 to May 1945, in comparison to the Wehrmacht. [1] The highest ranks of the combined SS (German: Gesamt-SS) was that of Reichsführer-SS and Oberster Führer der SS; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent to these positions.
SS–Gruppenführer Hans Lammers in black Allgemeine SS uniform, 1938 The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht (the German armed forces from 1935), the German state, and the Nazi Party.
Nazi uniforms and insignia: Nazi Party, SS, SA, Army, Navy, Air force, Paramilitary ranks; Reichszeugmeisterei, national material control office of Nazi Germany; Art in Nazi Germany; Paintings by Adolf Hitler; War trophy; Nazi exploitation (Nazisploitation) Nazi chic, the use of Nazi-era style, imagery, and paraphernalia in clothing and popular ...
Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung; Ranks and insignia of the Volkssturm; Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS; After the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, a number of Nazi state controlled and/or sponsored organisations developed Nazi style ranks, insignia, and titles. Such various ranks and insignia included: Ranks and insignia of ...
During the early years of the SS it was used by Adolf Hitler's personal adjutants, such as Rudolf Hess. [3] Ger: Communal spirit The Ger rune was used to symbolise the communitarian ideal of the SS. The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland", a Waffen-SS unit, adopted the rune as a variant of its divisional insignia. [3] Hagal ...
Oberleutnant rank insignia. When wearing uniforms without epaulettes, such as smocks, parkas and mountain windbreakers; generals, officers and NCOs instead wore sleeve rank insignia. These were made up of bars & oak leaves and were introduced by the late summer of 1942. [7] [6] The ranks were used by the army and the Waffen-SS. [6]
The uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung were Nazi Party paramilitary ranks and uniforms used by SA stormtroopers from 1921 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. The titles and phrases used by the SA were the basis for paramilitary titles used by several other Nazi paramilitary groups, among them the Schutzstaffel (SS).
Pages in category "SS ranks" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS; Uniforms and insignia of the ...