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December 1935 parade for Adolf Hitler at the LSSAH Barracks in Berlin-Lichterfelde. Sepp Dietrich is on the far right. On 13 April 1934, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, ordered the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH) to be renamed "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" (LSSAH).
It was given the title Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH) in November, 1933. [1] On 13 April 1934, by order of Himmler, the regiment became known as the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). [1] In 1939 the LSSAH became a separate unit of the Waffen-SS aside the SS-TV and the SS-VT. [2]
The standard. The Standard of the Führer (German: Führerstandarte or Standarte des Führers) was a square red banner of arms with a black swastika on a white disc inside a central wreath of golden oak leaves and four Nazi eagles in the corners, associated with the office of the Führer of Nazi Germany (a title which in practice was only held by Adolf Hitler).
5 April 1934 149345 Hans Baur: Hitler's Pilot 808258 1933 None, but received Golden Party Badge: Adolf von Bomhard: Also Generalleutnant of the Ordnungspolizei; Chief of the Command Office of the Uniformed Police Main Office 3,933,982 1938 292,711 Dr. Karl Brandt: Hitler's physician 260353 29 July 1934 1009617 Karl-Heinrich Brenner
2nd pattern SS Totenkopf, 1934–45. While different uniforms existed [1] for the SS over time, the all-black SS uniform adopted in 1932 is the most well known. [2] The black–white–red colour scheme was characteristic of the German Empire, and it was later adopted by the Nazi Party.
After the death of Ernst Röhm in 1934, new SA-Stabschef Viktor Lutze reorganized the SA to include the creation of an SA-Standarte, consisting of six battalions of volunteers that were headquartered in different locations throughout Germany: [1] it guarded sensitive SA, state and NSDAP offices in Berlin, Hannover, Hattingen, Krefeld, Munich, Ruhr, Stetten and Stuttgart. [2]
In November 1933, the Sonderkommando received the title Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH). [5] Finally, Himmler modified that title to Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) on 13 April 1934. [6] In the summer of 1933, leadership of what remained of 1st Standarte in Munich was taken over by SS-Standartenführer Emil Wäckerle.
SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT, lit. ' SS Dispositional Troops ') was formed in 1934 as combat troops for the Nazi Party (NSDAP). On 17 August 1938 Adolf Hitler decreed that the SS-VT was neither a part of the Ordnungspolizei (order police) nor the Wehrmacht, but military-trained men at the disposal of the Führer.