Honour Chevron for the Old Guard

The honor angle of the old fighters were donated by Adolf Hitler in February 1934 as a party award for members of the so-called " Nazi - fighting organizations " (SS, SA, etc.). From 1942, this honor angles were also introduced in all police stations or the main office, the fire department and the technical emergency.

During the Second World War, the elaborate aluminum and gold embroidery was replaced by simpler cotton braid in silver gray and dark yellow with black stripe separation. The original version was used from that time only in the location service, or the various parade uniforms.

The best known were the carriers of the SS honor angle, as these predominantly also actively participated in the mass extermination of European Jewry.

General

The honor angle of the old members of the Nazi Party, the so-called " old fighters ", consisted of a disposed ° in 60 and 10 mm wide, interwoven with gold or out of a silver-colored aluminum braid. Originally on black fabric background in the dimensions 9 x 8 cm lying, it became customary at the edge to make an approximately 1 mm wide longitudinal strip of black cloth uniform, replacing the fabric base after 1939. Through this saving measure, the degree of honor angle did not change the size of 9 x 8 cm remained still exist.

The honor angle of the old fighters were worn in all Party organizations on the right upper arm and could also be awarded honorary. The latter mainly concerned that people group, the relatively late - usually mid to late 1930s - had joined the Nazi Party or in one of the connected sub-organizations. These then had to demonstrate for the ceremony that they had used prior to the seizure of power actively to the political goals of the Nazi party, but without having heard it.

SA- angle honor

Launched in February 1934, SA- angle honor lay on a light brown background. It consisted of an interwoven gold colored aluminum braid, which had two approximately 1 cm wide red stripe separation. The angle honor awarded to all members of the SA who were the NSDAP occurred before January 30, 1933 and thus had a membership number to 300,000. The rank was irrelevant and this angle was worn by both team as well as officer ranks alike.

But already in September 1934 this honor angle was replaced by the new system of so-called "honor stripes". This indicated the affiliation to the NSDAP by a variety of different width stripes and were worn on both forearms on the cuff of his uniform jacket.

NSKK Honor angle

The honorary angle of the NSKK and his award corresponded essentially to that of the Sturmabteilung. The honorary angle was worn below the " insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps ". There were three variants from this angle. Firstly, an interwoven silver lace with two 1 cm wide brown separating strips on a brown background and on the other the silver lace on a black background and with black dividing strip. These variants were both also on the " dress uniform of the NSKK " ( brown shirt with brown tie, black helmet and gray-green SA cap, black riding pants with black high boots and black belt stuff ) and the " small service dress " ( gray-green uniform jacket with dark gray collar, black riding pants with matching boots the same color and a black belt stuff ) used. For members of the NSKK Motor boat standards a gold design on dark blue ground was prepared, as these naval uniforms used. In many cases the " NSKK insignia " was incorporated directly into the honor angle, because you had to install on the uniform just a badge instead of two.

NSFK Honor angle

The angle of the honor NSFK derives also from the former SA Honor angle and its procurement rules. In contrast to this, he was made an interwoven silver lace, which was partly due to a light brown fabric background and two 1 cm wide brown stripe separating possessed. This version was worn on the so-called " great service to suit the NSFK " (consisting of the SA brown shirt, a blue-gray breeches, a black tie and a black belt stuff). On the other hand, the angle was also born on a blue- gray background, which was worn on the " small service dress ". This consisted of a gray-blue SA cap, the brown shirts of the NSDAP with a black tie, a gray-blue uniform jacket, gray blue riding pants, brown belt stuff and black jackboots.

SS Honor angle

The SS Honor angle introduced himself by tradition also by the then SA- honor from angle and was introduced on December 15, 1934 by Adolf Hitler. In contrast to the presentation of regulation within the SA was originally in the Schutzstaffel, that a carrier of this honor angle could only have a SS number to 50,000. Alternatively, a member of the NSDAP number was demanded to 300,000 at higher SS number, that is, the SS member had to have occurred before January 30, 1933, the National Socialist German Workers' Party. The honorary angle of the SS consisted of a silver -embroidered lace with two 1 cm wide black stripe separation. The angle was initially on a black fabric background and was replaced from about 1939 by about 1 cm wide vertical black stripes. The honorary angle was worn on all SS uniforms. This included the members of the Waffen -SS who were entitled to wear the SS honor angle on the uniforms of the Waffen-SS.

SS Honor angle with star for former police and members of the Wehrmacht

The angle honor for former police and Wehrmacht is derived from the SS - angle honor and was also like this at December 15, 1934 introduced. Whose support had been converted directly from the police or from the former Reichswehr in the SS. The honorary angle consisted of a silver -embroidered lace with two 1 cm wide black stripe separation. Plus in the middle of the angle a hand embroidered ten -pointed star was attached, who pointed a former membership of the carrier in the police or the Reichswehr ( after 1935 the Wehrmacht ). This angle was called in honor of official short form " SS Honour angle with star " and worn on all uniforms of the SS and the Waffen-SS.

In October 1942, this honor angle was replaced by the regular SS Honor angle.

Honorary angle for the police, fire and emergency the Technical

Members of the police, the fire department and the Technical Emergency, who had joined before January 30, 1933 the NSDAP or belonged already one of its subdivisions as the Sturmabteilung, the National Socialist Motor Corps, or Schutzstaffel before the seizure. These were from October 1942 entitled to wear the " SS angle honor for Old Fighters " on their uniform. The fabric base had the color of the respective uniform, as used in the respective organizations. Crew and officer ranks used the default angle of the SS officers in the General ranks had the honor angle in gold-colored version.

Angle honor for former Stahlhelm members

The angle honor for former Stahlhelm members represents an independent development and leads back to the glory angle of the later Nazi Reichskriegerbund Federal. He was introduced as the SS honor angle at December 15, 1935 for former members of the Stahlhelm, which had occurred between 1933 and the summer of 1934 in the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel. This means that the carrier had before forced integration of the Stahlhelm as " SA Reserve II" already members of the NSDAP or have been consulted before the so-called Röhm - Putsch of SS.

The honorary angle consisted of two black woven fabric strips that were centrally separated by a gray, about 0.5 cm thick aluminum thread. The angle had the honor also the measure 9 x 8 cm and had thus the same size as the other angle honor of Nazi organizations. He was initially supported by the former Stahlhelm members who now serve in the SS troops available only on the erdgrauen uniform and not on the black uniforms of the SS. This honor angle was in contrast to other common variants not worn on the right but on the left upper arm.

In October 1942, this honor angle was replaced by the regular SS Honor angle.

Bearers (sorted by organization and numbers)

Technische Nothilfe The Holocaust National Socialist Flyers Corps Albert Forster
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