SS rank insignia patterns from 1933.
Mann (German for "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. The rank is most often associated with the SS, and also as a rank of the SA where Mann was the lowest enlisted rank and was the equivalent of a private.[1][2]
In 1938, with the rise of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (later renamed the Waffen-SS), the SS changed the rank of SS-Mann to Schütze, although it still retained the original SS rank of Mann for the Allgemeine-SS (general SS). The rank of Mann was junior to SS-Sturmmann.[1]
In most Nazi Party organizations, the rank of Mann held no distinctive insignia. Some groups, however, granted a minor form of rank insignia such as a blank collar patch or simple shoulder board to denote the rank of Mann.[3] (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933)
Even lower ranks, e.g. Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter, were established in the mid-1930s as a recruit or candidate position, held by an individual seeking an appointment as a Mann in a Nazi Party paramilitary organization.[1]
Insignia[]
(Arbeitsmann)
Candidate status
|
1st rank Allgemeine SS SS-Mann |
2nd rank no equivalent |
3rd rank SS-Sturmmann |
Volunteer for joining the Waffen-SS
|
1st Rank Waffen-SS SS-Schütze |
2nd rank SS-Oberschütze |
3rd rank SS-Sturmmann |
| Candidate status SA-Anwärter |
1st SA rank SA-Mann |
2nd rank no equivalent |
3rd rank SA-Sturmmann |
| person liable to military service Wehrmacht |
1st Wehrmacht rank Soldat |
2nd rank Oberschütze |
3rd rank Gefreiter |
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McNab 2009, p. 30.
- ↑ McNab (II) 2009, p. 15.
- ↑ Flaherty 2004, p. 148.
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 (II), Chris (2009). The Third Reich. Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906626-51-8.
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