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consisted of a numbered collar patch, showing both battalion and regiment aliation, worn opposite the badge
of rank. This unit insignia patch was worn by those holding the rank of Sturmbannfhrer and below; the higher
ocer ranks wore oak leaf insignia on both collars.
By the close of the 1920s, the SA rank system had solidied into the following titles:
The next major change in SA uniforms and insignia occurred in 1930 when Ernst Rhm was appointed as Chief
of Sta of the SA. Rhms appointment was as the result
of Adolf Hitler personally assuming command of the SA
as the Oberster SA-Fhrer. Hitler would hold this title
until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945 and, after 1930,
it was the SA Chief of Sta who was the eective leader
A further change in 1928 was the creation of the rank of of the organization.
Gruppenfhrer. This rank used the three leaf collar in- Rhm undertook several changes to the SA uniform and
signia previously reserved for the Supreme SA Comman- insignia design, the rst being to invent several new ranks
der and the rank was held by the senior most SA com- in order for the SA rank system to mirror that of the promanders in Germany who led division sized formations fessional military. The rank expansion took place graduof several SA-Standarten. By this time, the SA had also ally between 1930 and 1932, with the nal addition being
begun to use unit insignia for its junior members which the creation of a rank of SA-Obergruppenfhrer which
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For nal ranks and insignia see
Main article Ranks
Sturmabteilung
and
insignia
of
the
It was also during the 1930s that the SA began using uniform colors to denote an SA members Gruppen (Division) to which the SA member belonged. The unit color
was worn on the front of the kepi cap as well as rank and
unit collar patches. The color system would eventually
expand to cover these SA divisions:
In 1933, when Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, Rhm made his title of SA-Chief of Sta into
an actual rank. The insignia for Ernst Rhms new rank
(known as Stabschef) consisted of a wreathed star which
was designed after that of a Bolivian General, due to
Rhms previous military experience as a military adviser
in Bolivia.
8 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Final Pattern
(19341945)
SA
Uniforms
7 References
[1] Toland, John (1976). Adolf Hitler. New York: Doubleday
& Company. ISBN 0-385-03724-4.
[2] Angolia, John R. Cloth Insignia of the NSDAP and SA, pp
136, 137, 148, 149.
8 Bibliography
Final SA rank insignia pattern (19341945)
Special uniforms
See also
Nazi party paramilitary ranks
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