Rank insignia Nazi Germany until 1945; here NSDAP – collar patch, medium level of leaders.
Rank (gorget, left-hand side): Haupt-Einsatzleiter (Head Action Leader, in the meaning: company /platoon-sized unit level)
Particularity: the paramilitary ranks Hauptsturmführer SA, SS and NSKK were derived from this design (3 golden pips, 2 golden brides). However, Waffen-SS Hauptsturmführer and Hauptmann / Rittmeisterof the Wehrmacht were of salary group W9, in line to the German Reichs-Besoldungsordnung (today comparable to NATO OF-2).
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