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The lower ranks of SA-Führer and SA-Mann still wore no insignia. An SA unit insignia patch; here: Sturm 12/Standarte 93. In 1927, the officer rank of SA-Führer became known by the title of Sturmführer and a higher officer rank known as Sturmbannführer was created to be held by battalion formation commanders directly subordinate to the ...
SA-Standarten operated in every major German city and were split into even smaller units, known as Sturmbanne and Stürme. The command nexus for the entire SA was the Oberste SA-Führung, located in Stuttgart. The SA supreme command had many sub-offices to handle supply, finance and recruiting. The SA also had several military training units.
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.
Sturmführer Zwiebel of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) in Riga, 1943; note the three pips on his gorget patch. Sturmführer ([ˈʃtʊʁm.fyːʀɐ], "storm leader") was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which began as a title used by the Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1925 and became an actual SA rank in 1928.
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.
The rank of Sturmmann was junior, in both the SS and SA, to the rank of Rottenführer. [1] [3] It was considered the equivalent to the rank of Gefreiter in the German Army and a lance-corporal in the British Army. [5] The insignia for Sturmmann consisted of a bare collar patch with a single silver stripe. [4]
The rank of Obergruppenführer was created in 1932 by Ernst Röhm and was intended as a seniormost rank of the Nazi stormtroopers for use by Röhm and his top SA generals. [2] In its initial concept, the rank was intended to be held by members of the Oberste SA-Führung (Supreme SA Command) and also by veteran commanders of certain SA-Gruppen ...
The following table shows comparative officer ranks of World War II, with the ranks of Allied powers, the major Axis powers and various other countries and co-belligerents during World War II. Table [ edit ]