Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Waffen-SS

Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS

Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS

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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.[2]

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Notes

  1. senior NCO, e.g. Hauptscharführer or Oberscharführer, seldom Scharführer.[8]
  2. However, administratively Rottenführer (2. Gehaltsstufe) existed.[9]

References

Citations
  1. [1]
    Mollo 1992, pp. 88–89.
  2. [2]
    Mollo 1977, p. 190.
  3. [3]
    Bender & Taylor 1986, p. 112.
  4. [4]
    War Department 1945.
  5. [5]
    Bender & Taylor 1986, pp. 121–127.
  6. [6]
    Zabecki 2014, pp. 1639–1940.
  7. [7]
    CIA 1999, p. 30.
  8. [8]
    Bender & Taylor 1986, p. 110.
  9. [9]
    Mollo 1992, p. 78.
  10. [10]
    Mollo 1992, p. 77.
Bibliography
  • Bender, Roger James; Taylor, Hugh Page (1986). Uniforms Organization and History of the Waffen-SS Vol 1 (6th ed.). San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-02-5.
  • CIA (24 August 1999). "Records Integration Title Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  • Mollo, Andrew (1977). A pictorial history of the S.S., 1923-1945. New York: Stein and Day. ISBN 978-0356082271. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  • Mollo, Andrew (1992). Uniforms of the SS, Collected Edition Vol. 6. Windrow & Greene. ISBN 1-872004-67-9.
  • War Department (15 March 1945). "Chapter IX: Uniforms, Insignia, and Individual Equipment". War Department Technical Manual TM-E 30-451. Plate XX–XXI.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Zabecki, David T., ed. (2014). Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1598849806.
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