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    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...
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  • The esoteric insignia of the Schutzstaffel (known in German as the SS-Runen) were used from the 1920s to 1945 on Schutzstaffel (SS) flags, uniforms and...
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  • Glossary of Nazi Germany List of SS personnel Ranks and Insignia of the German Army in World War II SS-Degen Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel senior...
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    The uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA) were Nazi Party paramilitary ranks and uniforms used by SA stormtroopers from 1921 until the fall...
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    insignia of the Kriegsmarine Uniforms of the Luftwaffe (1935–45) Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel Because of the large number of suppliers and then...
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  • Sturmabteilung Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei Comparative ranks of Nazi Germany Orders, decorations, and medals...
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    military forces The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung Clark 2007, pp. 10–11...
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  • and officials Nuremberg Trials Orpo rank RuSHA Trial Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel Former SS Ranks changed after 1934: SS rank Sturmhauptführer...
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  • Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung Ranks and insignia of the Volkssturm...
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    Gruppenführer (category German words and phrases)
    Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel Corps colours (Waffen-SS) Table of ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS...
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    SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers SS and Police Leader Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts Waffen-SS in popular culture...
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    The Schutzstaffel (German: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ; lit. 'Protection Squadron'; SS; also stylised with Armanen runes as ᛋᛋ) was a major paramilitary organisation...
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  • and awards Golden Party Badge Totenkopfring Wound Badge in Black Iron Cross 2nd Class List of SS personnel Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel...
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    the German Nazi Party (NSDAP) which was used by the SA (Sturmabteilung) and the SS (Schutzstaffel). The rank of Obersturmbannführer was junior to the...
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    the Schutzstaffel (SS) had the option of purchasing mess dress uniforms. SS mess dress resembled a double-breasted dinner jacket, with collar tabs and white...
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    paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) between 1934 and 1945. The SS rank was created after the Night of the Long Knives. That...
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    Totenkopf (category Military insignia)
    resurrected the use of the Totenkopf as the unit's insignia. This unit grew into the Schutzstaffel (SS), which continued to use the Totenkopf as insignia throughout...
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    when the SS adopted field grey uniforms as the standard duty attire, SS-Oberscharführer displayed the shoulder insignia of a Wehrmacht Feldwebel. The rank...
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    the Schutzstaffel (SS, at that time a branch of the SA), established in 1925 as Gauführer, a rank for SS officers in charge of SS personnel in the several...
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    used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) between the years of 1934 and 1945. The rank was the highest enlisted rank of the SS, with the exception of the special...
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  • Fascists and German Nazis for their movements. Like them, their uniforms looked typically like military uniforms with Nationalist-type insignia of the movement...
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    the year 1932. The rank of Rottenführer was used by several Nazi paramilitary groups, among them the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Schutzstaffel (SS) and was...
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    badge of unit membership. The exception was for the ranks Standartenführer and above which displayed rank insignia on both collars. As of 1937, the final...
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    Reichsführer-SS (category German words and phrases)
    existed between the years of 1925 and 1945 for the commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Reichsführer-SS was a title from 1925 to 1933, and from 1934 to 1945...
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    Sturmmann (section Insignia)
    that was first created in the year 1921. The rank of Sturmmann was used by the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS). The word originated during...
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    Standartenführer (category German words and phrases)
    without the display of unit insignia. From 1938, newer SS uniforms featured the shoulder boards of a German Army Oberst (colonel) in addition to the oak leaf...
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    of the rank was changed to Hauptsturmführer although the insignia remained the same. Sturmhauptführer remained an SA rank until 1939/40. Some of the most...
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    German Wehrmacht. The insignia for Obersturmführer was three silver pips and a silver stripe centered on a uniform collar patch. The rank was senior to...
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  • was one of the first paramilitary ranks used by the German Schutzstaffel (SS) in the early years of that group's existence. The later SS rank of Staffelführer...
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    SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer (category German words and phrases)
    ([ˈoːbɐstˌɡʁʊpm̩fyːʁɐ]) was (from 1942 to 1945) the highest commissioned rank in the Schutzstaffel (SS), with the exception of Reichsführer-SS, which became a commissioned...
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