Brigadeführer
Brigadeführer | |
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O-7 | |
Formation | 1933 |
Abolished | 1945 |
Next higher rank | Gruppenführer |
Next lower rank | Oberführer |
Equivalent ranks | Generalmajor |
Brigadeführer (German:
History
The rank was first created due to an expansion of the SS and assigned to those officers in command of SS-Brigaden. In 1933, the SS-Brigaden were changed in name to SS-Abschnitte; however, the rank of Brigadeführer remained the same.
Originally, Brigadeführer was considered the second general officer rank of the SS and ranked between
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Hermann Prießas SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
Insignia
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Gorget patches
1942–1945
(Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS) -
Shoulder board
(Waffen-SS) -
NSFK gorget patch
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NSKK gorget patch
Junior Rank Oberführer |
SA rank Brigadeführer |
Senior Rank Gruppenführer |
See also
- Corps colours (Waffen-SS)
- List SS-Brigadeführer
- Table of ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS
Notes
- ^ McNab 2009, pp. 29, 30.
- ^ McNab 2009b, p. 15.
- ^ McNab 2009, p. 29.
- ^ Flaherty 2004, p. 148.
- ^ Stein 2002, pp. 297, 298 chart, 300 chart.
Bibliography
- Flaherty, T. H. (2004) [1988]. The Third Reich: The SS. Time-Life Books, Inc. ISBN 1-84447-073-3.
- McNab, Chris (2009). The SS: 1923–1945. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-49-5.
- McNab, Chris (2009b). The Third Reich. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-51-8.
- Stein, George (2002) [1966]. The Waffen-SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War 1939–1945. Cerberus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1841451008.