Standartenführer
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Kapitän zur See |
Standartenführer (short: Staf, [ʃtanˈdaʁtn̩fyːʁɐ], lit. 'standard leader') was a Nazi Party (NSDAP) paramilitary rank that was used in several NSDAP organizations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK.[1][2] First founded as a title in 1925, in 1928 it became one of the first commissioned NSDAP ranks and was bestowed upon those SA and SS officers who commanded a unit known as a Standarte (plural Standarten), a unit equivalent to an army battalion and comprising 300–500 personnel.[1]
In 1929 the rank of Standartenführer was divided into two separate ranks known as Standartenführer (I) and Standartenführer (II). This concept was abandoned in 1930 when both the SA and SS expanded their rank systems to allow for more officer positions and thus the need for only a single Standartenführer rank. In 1933, when
The insignia for Standartenführer consisted of a single oak leaf displayed on both collars.
Various Waffen-SS units composed of foreign recruits were considered distinct from the German SS, and thus they were not permitted to wear SS runes on their collar tabs but had their unit symbol instead. Their ranks was also prepended with "Waffen" instead of "SS", as in, Waffen-Standartenführer. [6]
Rank insignia
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| Junior Rank Obersturmbannführer |
SA rank Standartenführer |
Senior Rank Oberführer |
See also
- Table of ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS
- Standarte (Nazi Germany)
Notes
- ^ a b McNab 2009b, p. 15.
- ^ McNab 2009, p. 30.
- ^ Stein 1984, p. 297.
- ^ a b Flaherty 2004, p. 148.
- ^ Stein 1984, p. 300.
- ^ Stein 1984, p. 155.
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 (1984) [1966]. The Waffen-SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War 1939–1945. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-9275-0.
- Wasser, Bruno: Himmlers Raumplanung im Osten, Basel, Berlin und Boston 1993, Seite 347, ISBN 3-7643-2852-5
- Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and Leaders of the General SS. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4.