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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.
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.
The Oberst-Gruppenführer rank was worn on the field-grey Waffen-SS tunic, the grey SS service tunic, or in Daluege's case the German police uniform. There are no photographic records of the insignia ever being worn on the black ceremonial uniform, which had largely fallen into disuse by the time the rank was created.
The rank would remain the highest SS general officer rank until April 1942, when the rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer was created. Standard practice for SS generals serving as an SS and police leader , as well as those senior SS personnel of the RSHA , was to hold dual police rank as SS- Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei .
By 1932, Oberführer was an established rank of the SA, SS and NSKK. [1] [2] Oberführer wore two oak leaves on the uniform collar rank patch, along with the shoulder boards and lapels of a general officer. [3] In 1938, the status of SS-Oberführer began to change with the rise of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT), which would later become the ...
Waffen-SS Gruppenführer also displayed the shoulder boards of a Wehrmacht Generalleutnant. [3] The insignia for SS-Gruppenführer consisted of three oak leaves centred on both collars of an SS uniform. From 1930 to 1942, the SS insignia was the same as the SA badge of rank; however the SS modified the Gruppenführer insignia slightly to ...
Corps colours, or Troop-function colours (German: "Waffenfarben") were worn in the German Wehrmacht from 1935 until 1945 as discrimination criteria between several branches, special services, corps, rank groups, and appointments of the ministerial area, the general staff, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), up to the military branches of the Heer, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.
SS-Sturmscharführer (German: [ˈʃtʊʁmʃaːɐ̯ˌfyːʁɐ]; lit. ' Storm squad leader ') was a Nazi rank of the Waffen-SS that existed between 1934 and 1945. [1] [2] The rank was the most senior enlisted rank in the Waffen-SS, the equivalent of a regimental sergeant major, [3] in other military organizations.