List of membership and function badges

Under membership badge or function badge military or civilian official badge which, in view certain functions within an organization or part affiliations. They are usually worn in addition to the badges of rank or rank badges .

Function badge

Wehrmacht

• Army Mountain Leader
• Ammunition specialists
• sniper

armed forces

Badge EKL2 Leader of a hunting command / subordinate unit

Badge leader in paratrooper special operations

• Special badges; These textile badges are worn on the right breast pocket of the service suit:
  • Commando soldier
  • former leader in paratrooper special operations
  • Lone fighter (leader of a hunting squad / subordinate unit (EK2))
  • Leader of a self-sufficient group (EK1),
  • Army Mountain Leader
  • Air Force Security Force Leader,
  • Ammunition specialists

• Special badges; these textile badges are worn over the right breast pocket :
  • Parachutist badge
  • commander
  • Seafaring personnel
  • Submarine personnel

• former special badges; These textile badges were worn on the left forearm of the evening suit and service suit:
  • Army divers
  • Repair troop leader
  • Ferry guide
  • Schirrmeister
  • Wallmeister

• In the Bundeswehr, armbands are worn on the left upper arm of the uniform (strap under the shoulder loop):

"OvS" (officer from the launch site) (army)

• • Armband " + " (for medical soldiers )
  • Armband " + " (for helpers in the medical service or first aiders )
  • "Feldjäger / MP" armband (black stuff)
  • " Feldjäger " armband
  • Armband "in military service"
  • "Feldjäger / MP" armband (on civilian clothing)
  • Armband "duty officer / OVD" (obsolete, the officer of the wax service is characterized by a silver cord)
  • "FvW" armband ( Sergeant from the weekly service ) (Army and Air Force)
  • "Wache" armband (military guard service in the Bundeswehr )
  • "Patrol" armband (military guard service)
  • " UvD " armband ( NCO , military orderly service) (Army and Air Force)
  • " GvD " armband ( private on duty , military security service )
  • Armband "BvW" ( boatswain from weekly service ) (marine)
  • " MvD " armband ( sailor on duty , military orderly) (Navy)
  • "Officer from the launch site" armband ("OvS") (see large picture on the right) (Army)
  • Armband "LD" ( runner deck ) (marine)
  • Armband "L" ( leader [on both arms] or managerial assistant , during exercises)
  • Armband Supervision of the shooter (or if worn on both arms, security officer )

• In the Bundeswehr, shoulder cords (single-strand) are worn on the right shoulder of the field suit:
  

  Shoulder cord, golden yellow
  • Silver shoulder cord: officer from the watch service (formerly officer from the service), watchkeeper and the deputies
  • Golden yellow shoulder cord: Company sergeant
  • Shoulder cord blue: Sergeant on duty (no longer used)
  • Green shoulder cord: Private on duty (no longer used)

police

Border Guard Mountain Guide

• Federal Police (until 2005 Federal Border Police )
  • Federal eagle with oak leaves as chest badge - GSG 9
  • Swinging with oak leaves and a stylized parachute as chest badge - GSG 9 parachutist
  • Wings as a chest badge - helicopter pilots with the flying group or the flying squadrons
  • Border Guard Mountain Guide
  • Mercury staff (silver, gold and gold with oak leaves): Administrative officers in the individual border guard service and in the associations
  • Aesculapian staff with a snake as chest badge - head of the medical department

• State Police
  • Police mountain guide

Fire brigade in Austria

Since the fire brigades in Austria are organized in regional associations, the functional badges differ slightly between the federal states.

• Function badge in Carinthia
  • Lightning bolt and steering wheel (silver) - drivers and electricians
  • Blitz (silver) - electrician
  • 6 star-shaped lightning bolts (silver) - radio operator
  • Stylized detonation (silver) - authorized to blast
  • Letter M (silver) - machinist
  • Steering wheel (silver) - driver
  • Steering wheel and coat of arms with letter M (silver) - driver and machinist
  • Warning sign for nuclear dangers (silver) - radiation protection officer
  • Respirator (silver) - respirator
  • Aesculapian staff (silver) - paramedic
  • Stylized diver in water (silver) - diver
  • Two crossed oars (silver) - barge leader
  • Stylized radio mast (silver) - technical course
  • Letter G (silver) - community fire chief
  • Star and oak leaves (silver) - administrative function
  • Anchor (silver) - skipper

The symbols for radio and respiratory protection can be provided with the words "Local Commissioner", "Section Commissioner", "District Commissioner" or "State Commissioner". The symbols for respiratory protection, radiation protection and water service only with the words “District Commissioner” and “State Commissioner”. In these cases, the badge is shown in gold.

Organization badge

• National emblem
  • Police star
  • cockade
• Medical cross (red cross on a white background)

literature

• Brian L. Davis: Uniforms and Badges of the German Army 1933-1945 , Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 3-87943-301-1
• Suit regulations of the Bundeswehr - Central Service Regulation (ZDv) 37/10

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Central service regulation 37/10 “Suit regulations for soldiers in the Bundeswehr”, Chapter 4 / II. Functional designations