Mann (military rank)

SS man (Address: SS- man) was in the German Empire, the lowest rank of the rank of the group of teams at the General SS (1932 to 1945) on the one hand, but the other hand was also the collective name for the affiliation of all members of or for Schutzstaffel, regardless the particular grade or rank. Thus, for example, was Paul Hausser SS Colonel -group leader and Colonel-General of the Waffen-SS and the same SS man.

Origin

The term man had been elected in accordance with the storm - man elite soldier of the assault squads, shock troops, storm pioneering companies and assault battalions of the battles of the First World War. The elite storm - man had been preserved in the self- understanding of the Freikorps up to the NSDAP and the downstream areas of the organization. So is hardly surprising that man found a paramilitary rank designation in substantial connection with the SA and SS, such as SA man or SS man, entrance and was the lowest enlisted rank of the Wehrmacht comparable.

With the nursery of the SS Verfügungstruppe approximately from 1938, the transition to the Waffen-SS and the increased dependence on structures and names of the Wehrmacht here the rank designation SS man was uniform in SS contactors or SS Grenadier, SS Pioneer etc. binding function of the relevant branch of service of the Waffen- SS.

General SS

The SS-man of the General SS, including SS Black or home -SS, so since the fall of 1934 the official name of that part of the SS, was on duty as volunteers and voluntary. Where the voluntary principle generally applied to all organizational units of the SS.

The full- SS leaders of the General SS, who belonged to one of the SS main offices, had been assumed in 1940 the Waffen- SS.

Ranking and insignia

The appointment to the SS man was tied to conditions that are described in more detail under SS applicants and SS candidate. An SS man was transported to an employment period of two years.

In the figures, the rank insignia or badges of rank are shown, which were worn as shoulder straps and collar patches. The insignia were worn on the black uniform jacket of the General SS. The epaulettes were also held in black color, in contrast to the gray box in the Waffen -SS.

Waffen-SS

Epaulette Waffen-SS Black ( for all teams equal )

Lapels 1940-1945 Waffen-SS * SS -Schütze

• SS candidate (season - applicants)
• SS Jungmann (season - Jungmann )
• SS candidate (season contender )
• SS Full contender (season full contender )

• SS candidate (season - applicants)
• SS Jungmann (season - Jungmann )
• SS candidate (season contender )