Sleeve stripes

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The title of this article is ambiguous. With sleeve stripes one also designates the rank badges at the lower end of both sleeves for the officer ranks of the naval and air forces of many nations; They are also common in railway uniforms.

Sleeve stripes were commemorative badges or badges of membership that were given to certain units of the Wehrmacht , the SA and the SS as traditional carriers . The award was worn on the right lower sleeve. Arm bands of the Wehrmacht are personal awards for work or bravery , which must not be confused with the sleeve stripes. In contrast to the Wehrmacht, the traditional and association badge is called a cuff in the Bundeswehr . These are worn on both lower sleeves.

Wehrmacht

The sleeve stripes go back to similar bands of the Reichsheeres , with which certain units wore such sleeve stripes. Sleeve stripes were used to identify the affiliation to certain units and as such had to be removed when leaving a unit. The stripes were worn on the tunic (army), cloth skirt (air force), skirt (navy) and on the field blouse on the right sleeve.

Sleeve stripes of the army

army
unit	inscription	Foundation, endowment	Appearance	Characters	Foundation reason
News training department, tank training regiment	1936 Spain 1939	June 21, 1939		Reminder sleeve stripes	Spanish Civil War
Infantry Regiment 199 (from November 1943) and 19 (from September 1944)	List Infantry Regiment	September 21, 1939		Reminder sleeve stripes	Adoption of the tradition of the Kgl. Bayer. Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 16 The sleeve stripe was the Gren. Regt. 199 awarded on November 12, 1943 in memory of the Kgl. Bayer. In which Hitler Res. Inf. Regt. "List" World War I had served.
227th Infantry Regiment	Feldherrnhalle	August 9, 1940		Affiliation sleeve stripes	Takeover of the SA standard "Feldherrnhalle" in the army
Mountain Infantry Brigade 139	Colonel General Dietl	April 13, 1945		Reminder sleeve stripes	Accidental death of Eduard Dietl on July 24, 1944
Soldiers of the fortress of Metz, School VI for flagjunkers	Metz 1944	October 24, 1944		Reminder sleeve stripes	Battle for Metz
5th Cavalry Regiment	Field Marshal v. Mackensen	December 29, 1944		Reminder sleeve stripes	Field Marshal August von Mackensen's 95th birthday
Propaganda force	Propaganda company	August 16, 1938		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Greater Germany division	Greater Germany	June 20, 1939		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Feldgendarmerie	Feldgendarmerie	1939		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Permanent staff of the Army NCOs pre-schools	NCO preschools	1939		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Soldiers of the Führer Headquarters	Führer Headquarters	August 1939		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Field post	Field post	September 29, 1939		Affiliation sleeve stripes
OKH film troops	Film crews	May 19, 1941		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Africa Corps	Africa Corps	July 18, 1941		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Staff assistants	Staff assistant to the army	1942		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Regiment and replacement battalion "Brandenburg"	Brandenburg	August 17, 1944		Affiliation sleeve stripes
44th Reich Grenadier Division Hoch- und Deutschmeister	Hoch and Deutschmeister	February 26, 1945		Affiliation sleeve stripes
OT , RAD and police units in action	German army			Affiliation sleeve stripes
Army music school	Army music school			Affiliation sleeve stripes

Luftwaffe sleeve stripes

air force
unit	inscription	Foundation, endowment	Appearance	character
Jagdgeschwader 1	Richthofen Jagdgeschwader	March 25, 1935		Reminder sleeve stripes
Combat Squadron 27	Boelcke Squadron	April 18, 1935		Reminder sleeve stripes
Dive Squadron 162	Squadron Immelmann	April 18, 1935		Reminder sleeve stripes
Destroyer Squadron 162	Squadron Horst Wessel	April 6, 1936		Reminder sleeve stripes
Combat Squadron 152	Squadron Hindenburg	April 20, 1936		Reminder sleeve stripes
Combat Squadron 253	Squadron General Wever	June 4, 1936		Reminder sleeve stripes
Fighter Squadron 132	Jagdgeschwader Schlageter	December 8, 1938		Reminder sleeve stripes
Kampfgeschwader 253, Flakregiment 9, Luftnachrichtenregiment 3	Legion Condor	June 12, 1939		Reminder sleeve stripes
Reconnaissance Group 10	Tannenberg	September 5, 1939		Reminder sleeve stripes
Jagdgeschwader 3	Jagdgeschwader Udet	December 20, 1941		Reminder sleeve stripes
Jagdgeschwader 51	Jagdgeschwader Mölders	December 20, 1941		Reminder sleeve stripes
Hunting Association 44	Galland Squadron			Affiliation sleeve stripes
Jagdgeschwader Freiherr von Richthofen	Jagdgeschwader Frhr. v. Richthofen No. 1 1917/18	October 29, 1935		World War II commemorative sleeve stripes
Boelcke hunting squadron No. 2	Boelcke Hunting Squadron No. 2 1916/18	October 29, 1935		World War II commemorative sleeve stripes
Paratrooper Regiment 1	Paratrooper Rgt. 1	May 22, 1942		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Parachute divisions	Paratrooper Rgt. 1	from June 1942		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Parachute Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring	HERMANN GOERING	May 22, 1942		Affiliation sleeve stripes
War correspondent	Luftwaffe war reporter	November 20, 1940		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Soldiers of the Führer Headquarters	Führer Headquarters	August 1939		Affiliation sleeve stripes

Sleeve stripes of the Kriegsmarine

Navy
unit	inscription	Foundation, endowment	Appearance	character
Soldiers of the Führer Headquarters	Führer Headquarters	August 1939		Affiliation sleeve stripes
Naval assistants	Naval assistant			Affiliation sleeve stripes
Naval helper	Naval helper			Affiliation sleeve stripes
Naval chief responder	Naval chief responder			Affiliation sleeve stripes

SS and Waffen-SS

→ Main articles : Uniforms of the SS # sleeve stripes of the SS  and uniforms of the Waffen SS # sleeve stripes

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adolf Schlicht: The German Wehrmacht - Uniforms and Equipment 1933-1945 Volume 3: Die Luftwaffe , Motor Buch Verlag, ISBN 3-613-02001-7
2. ↑ Due to the events of the war, the cuff was no longer given to the troops.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Luftwaffe Ordinance Sheet, year 1935. P. 80, No. 164.
4. ↑ Luftwaffe Ordinance Sheet 1936. P. 179, No. 457.
5. ↑ Luftwaffe Ordinance Sheet 1936. p. 226, No. 568.
6. ↑ Luftwaffe Ordinance Gazette, year 1936. P. 265, No. 686.
7. ↑ Luftwaffe Ordinance Sheet 1939. Part C, p. 13, No. 48.
8. ↑ Luftwaffe Ordinance Sheet 1939. Part C, p. 329, No. 813.
9. ↑ ^{a b} Luftwaffe Ordinance Sheet, year 1935. P. 392, No. 816.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Luftwaffe Ordinance Sheet, year 1942. P. 759, No. 1381.
11. ↑ Uniforms Market magazine . Born in 1944, issue 9, p. 2.

literature

• Adolf Schlicht: The German Wehrmacht. Uniforms and equipment 1933–1945. Volume 1: The Army. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-613-01390-8 .
• Adolf Schlicht: The German Wehrmacht. Uniforms and equipment 1933–1945. Volume 2: The Navy. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-613-01656-7 .