Standard Sturmführer Collar Patch

Sturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which began as a title used by the Sturmabteilung in 1925 and became an actual SA rank in 1928. Translated as “Storm Leader”, the origins of the rank dated to the First World War when the title of Sturmführer was used by leaders of German Shock Troops and Special Action Companies. Early SS Lieutenant Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Early SS Lieutenant Patch (Released by US National Archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Nazi swastika symbol The National Socialist German Workers Party ( German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Hitler addressing SA members in the late 1920s The Sturmabteilung (SA, German for Storm Division and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. ... The ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA) were the first paramilitary rank system to be developed by the Nazi Party in 1920. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

By 1930, Sturmführer had become the first officer paramilitary rank of several Nazi Party organizations. The title was also used as an SS rank until 1934 when, after the Night of the Long Knives, the SS renamed the rank as Untersturmführer. Other variations of Sturmführer included Obersturmführer and Hauptsturmführer, considered higher ranking paramilitary officers to a regular Sturmführer. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Throughout the existence of the German SS, the organization maintained a unique set of ranks and insignia that differentiated it from other branches of the German military, German state, and the Nazi Party. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Night of the Long Knives (German, Nacht der langen Messer), also known as Reichsmordwoche or the Blood Purge, was a purge ordered by Adolf Hitler of potential political rivals (who have been said to want more socialism and less nationalism in the party)in the Sturmabteilung, or S.A... SS-Untersturmführer insignia Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. ... Obersturmführer collar insignia Obersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi party that was used by the Schutzstaffel and also as a rank of the SA. Translated as “Senior Storm Leader”, the rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of the Sturmabteilung (SA... Hauptsturmführer was a Nazi rank of the SS which was used between the years of 1934 and 1945. ...