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.
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.
While the rune itself, under its name Sowilo or Sigel has no direct connection to Nazism, List's term "Sig rune" (with a connotation of Sieg "victory") was used in the context of Nazi mysticism and is most commonly used to refer to the insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany.
The SS Sig Runes design was created in 1931 when Walter Heck, a Sturmfuhrer in the SS, drew two Sig Runes side by side and noticed the similarity to the initials of the SS.
For 2.5 Reichsmarks, Heck sold the rights of the Sig Runes to the SS and the runes were quickly adopted as the insignia of the Schutzstaffel and became one of the most commonly used forms of SS unit insignia.
First, tell us about the birth of Sturmfuhrer and the reasons for its existence.
Sturmfuhrer was actually started under the name Methadrone in '98, but soon changed to Sturmfuhrer as I felt I needed a better name for what I wanted to get across!
The aesthetics and image of Sturmfuhrer are widely saw as controversial.
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