Wehrmacht uniform

Watching a programme on one of our Freeview channels earlier, I was reminded of something that I've wondered about for quite a while.
High ranking officers, even Himmler, wore a single chevron on their sleeves. Was it SS insignia ? What was its meaning and origin ?
I bet there's somebody on here with the knowledge !

Brum,
Officers and OR's wore the white chevron on their sleeves if they were registered members of the Nazi Party.
Ritter

Thanks Ritter
Now you mention it, I did notice in the documentary some ORs, floundering along in the Russian mud, who also wore the chevron.

is this what you boys are on about

Japanese officer in German officers uniform .... never seen that before

Yes ... so much for the Aryan Race ...

Len (Ciphers)

Looks like a Rieutenant.

Nope... a Rootenant pliz........ says he dribbling down his chest....

They wouldn't be able to put him in charge of men though, surely.

Imagine him trying to get his oriental gnashers around "abteilung stillgestanden !", zum beispiel.

"john boy" wrote:

is this what you boys are on about

That's the one mate.

So.Was lance jack the highest rank in the Nazi Party.?

I have always been curious at the number of NCO grades/ranks in the German Wermacht during WW2. So does the modern Bundeswehr have similar grade/rank structure as the old German army?

unclevanya wrote:

I have always been curious at the number of NCO grades/ranks in the German Wermacht during WW2. So does the modern Bundeswehr have similar grade/rank structure as the old German army?

Yup

Gordon. wrote:

So.Was lance jack the highest rank in the Nazi Party.?

Yes, no one was allowed to be higher than Herr Schikelgruber who, as you know, was a full screw.

You are a fountain of knowledge my friend...I wonder how many people made that connection...

Recently read that the wehrmacht and SS uniforms were designed (made?) by Hugo Boss.

I wonder who they got to design some UK forces uniforms ?

One of the chimps off the PG Tips advert ?

Gordon. wrote:

You are a fountain of knowledge my friend...I wonder how many people made that connection...

It was my "Phone a friend question" when I was on "Who wants to be a Bombardier?".

pete26 wrote:

Recently read that the wehrmacht and SS uniforms were designed (made?) by Hugo Boss.

I wonder who they got to design some UK forces uniforms ?

One of the chimps off the PG Tips advert ?

Coco the clown


"Not me Sarg"

Got there in the end ha ha ha

RMP?

a smashing pic of my old csm ,

I feel compelled to ask. All this Hi-Tech shite the Yanks have bolted to their helmets, is it of any use ?
As I see it, without all that Rambo crap, we could've gone into locations that I could think of and despatched deserving people away to their Celtic Valhalla but the officers we had, at that time were more concerned with their careers than they were with avenging people whos names are now inscribed on the wall at our National Arboretum.

brum wrote:

I feel compelled to ask. All this Hi-Tech shite the Yanks have bolted to their helmets, is it of any use ?
As I see it, without all that Rambo crap, we could've gone into locations that I could think of and despatched deserving people away to their Celtic Valhalla but the officers we had, at that time were more concerned with their careers than they were with avenging people whos names are now inscribed on the wall at our National Arboretum.

If the British put things on their helmets they would be useful like a Tin Opener ... Packet Of Fags .... Box of Tea Bags .... Fried Egg Sarni ... you know useful thing stuff you might need in an emergancy