Illustration of the ranks and insignia of the Waffen SS

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The overview contains the ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS , which were used from April 1942, compared to the Wehrmacht .

Badge of rank in the Waffen SS Equivalent of the Wehrmacht
(the army - and in the Air Force , only names, not for shoulders)
Collar Tabs Shoulder piece Rank designation Special
clothing
Rank designation Shoulder piece
General ranks
Reichsfuehrer-SS collar-1942-45.png
Reichsführer-SS shoulder.svg
Reichsführer-SS
Generalfeldmarschall-camo.svg
Field Marshal General
Wehrmacht GenField Marshal 1942h1.svg
SS-Oberst-Gruppenfuhrer collar.png
SS Oberstgruppenführer.jpg
SS Colonel Group Leader and Colonel General of the Waffen SS
Colonel General-camo.svg
Colonel General
Colonel General (Wehrmacht) 8.svg
HH-SS-Obergruppenfuhrer-Collar.png
SS Obergruppenführer.jpg
SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen SS
General of the branch of service-camo.svg
General of the branch of service
General (Wehrmacht) 1.svg
HH-SS-Gruppenfuhrer-Collar.png
SS Gruppenführer.jpg
SS group leader and lieutenant general of the Waffen SS
Lieutenant General-camo.svg
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General (Wehrmacht) .svg
HH-SS-Brigadefuhrer-Collar.png
SS Brigadführer.jpg
SS Brigadefuhrer and Major General of the Waffen SS
(newly created in 1933)
Major General-camo.svg
Major general
Major General (Wehrmacht) .svg
Officer ranks
HH-SS-Oberfuhrer-Collar.png
SS Standartenführer (Oberführer) of the Infantry.jpg
SS-Oberführer
SS-Oberführer-camo.svg
no equivalent (see also Commodore in the Wehrmacht Navy )
HH-SS-Standartenfuhrer-Collar.png
SS standard leader
SS-Standartenführer-camo.svg
Colonel
WMacht H OF5 Oberst02 PzGren h.jpg
HH-SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer-Collar.png
Shoulder-wss-ill-obersturmbannf.jpg
SS-Obersturmbannführer
(newly created in 1933)
SS-Obersturmbannführer-camo.svg
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant Colonel Epaulette.jpg
SS-Sturmbannfuehrer, collar.png
Shoulder-wss-ill-sturmbannf.jpg
SS-Sturmbannführer
SS-Sturmbannführer-camo.svg
major
Major Epaulette.jpg
HH-SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer-Collar.png
SS Hauptsturmführer (replenishment) .jpg
SS-Hauptsturmführer
(before 1935 Sturmhauptführer)
SS-Hauptsturmführer-camo.svg
Captain
Captain Epaulette.jpg
HH-SS-Obersturmfuhrer-Collar.png
Shoulder-wss-ill-obersturmf.jpg
SS-Obersturmführer
(newly created in 1933)
SS-Obersturmführer-camo.svg
First lieutenant
Luftwaffe epaulette Oberleutnant.svg
SS-Untersturmfuehrer collar.png
Shoulder-wss-ill-unterurmf.jpg
SS-Untersturmführer
(until 1935 SS-Sturmführer)
SS-Untersturmführer-camo.svg
lieutenant
Lieutenant Epaulette.jpg
Unterführer
SS-Sturmscharführer.svg
StFw Stuscha OR8 cam slv 1945.svg
SS-Sturmscharführer
(newly created in 1938)
StFw Stuscha OR8 cam slv 1945.svg
Staff Sergeant
Army staff sergeant (hunter) h.svg
Fahnenjunker Staff Sergeant
( Officer Candidate - OA)
Army Fahnenjunker Staff Sergeant h.svg
SS-Stabsscharführer (as a service position in the sense of Company-Scharführer, short also "Spieß", created in 1938 in the units of the Waffen SS) Status mark HptFw WMacht, NVA and Stascha SS.svg
("Spit Piston Rings")
Hauptfeldwebel (as a service position in the sense of company sergeant , short also "Spieß", created in 1938 in the units of the Army and Air Force)
SS-Hauptscharführer.svg
SS-Hauptscharführer (Totenkopfverbände) h.svg
SS-Stabsscharführer
(position as "Spieß", newly created in 1938)
SS-Hauptscharführer-camo.svg
Hauptfeldwebel
(position as company sergeant / "Spieß", newly created in 1938)
Army sergeant major h.svg
SS-Hauptscharführer Sergeant Major
SS-Standartenoberjunker h.svg
SS-Standartenoberjunker
( leader candidate - FA)
Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel (OA)
Heer-Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel h.svg
SS-Oberscharführer.svg
SS-Oberscharführer (telecommunications troops) h.svg
SS-Oberscharführer
SS-Oberscharführer-camo.svg
sergeant
Army Sergeant h.svg
SS-Standartenjunker h.svg
SS-Standartenjunker (FA) Fahnenjunker Sergeant (OA)
Army Fahnenjunker Sergeant h.svg
SS-Scharführer.svg
SS-Scharführer (armored troop) h.svg
SS squad leader
SS-Scharführer-camo.svg
Sergeant major
WMacht Lw OR5a UFw h 1945.svg
SS-Oberjunker h.svg
SS-Oberjunker (FA) Fahnenjunker-Unterfeldwebel (OA)
WMacht Lw Fhj-UFw h 1945.svg
SS-Unterscharführer.svg
SS-Unterscharführer (Feldgendarmerie) h.svg
SS-Unterscharführer
SS-Unterscharführer-camo.svg
Sergeant
Army sergeant h.svg
SS Junker h.svg
SS Junker (FA) Fahnenjunker NCO (OA)
Army Fahnenjunker NCO h.svg
Teams
no equivalent Corporal Teams Epaulette 1940.svg   Rank insignia of Stabsgefreiter of the Wehrmacht.svg
SS Rottenführer.svg
SS crew (telecommunications troops) .svg   Rank insignia of SS-Rottenführer of the Waffen-SS.svg SS Rottenführer Corporal more than 6 years Teams Epaulette 1940.svg   WMacht H OR3a OGefr.svg
Corporal less than 6 years Teams Epaulette 1940.svg   WMacht H OR3b OGefr.svg
SS-Sturmmann.svg
SS crew (telecommunications troops) .svg   Rank insignia of SS-Sturmmann of the Waffen-SS.svg SS storm man Private Teams Epaulette 1940.svg   Rank insignia of Gefreiter of the Wehrmacht.svg
SS-Mann, SS-Schuetze, SS-Oberschuetze collar.svg
SS crew (telecommunications troops) .svg   Rank insignia of Oberschütze of the Waffen-SS.svg SS-Oberfunker
(color: lemon yellow, otherwise like SS-Oberschützen )
Senior soldier, e.g. B. Oberschützen , Obergrenadier, Oberkanonier, etc Teams Epaulette 1940.svg    Rank insignia of Oberschütze of the Wehrmacht.svg
SS-Crew.svg SS riflemen Soldier , e.g. B. Riflemen , grenadiers , gunners etc.
Teams Epaulette 1940.svg
SS applicants Conscript or volunteer applicant for a career as a regular or professional soldier in the Wehrmacht
annotation

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Quotation according to: "Schlag nach !, Bibliographisches Institut AG., Leipzig, 1938, p. 203".