Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (including concentration camp staffs) were granted Waffen-SS ranks and, in 1944, any "Allgemeine-SS" who served in an area that commanded SS combat troops, was granted a Waffen-SS commission. Another uniform insignia change occurred in April 1942 with the creation of the rank "SS-Oberstgruppenführer". This necessitated an insignia change for SS generals and all SS generals at this time began wearing "Wehrmacht"-style gold shoulder boards; "Oberführers" wore the shoulderboards of an army "Oberst" ("colonel") just as "Standartenführers" did. The sole exception was Heinrich Himmler who continued to wear the silver braided shoulderboard with oak leaves of his rank as "Reichsführer-SS". At
Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr class="center" caption="Rank insignias (shoulder strap / mounting loop) regarding officer aspirant (OA) ranks"> HD H 11 Schütze OA MilMus L.svg|Schütze OA HD H 21a Fahnenjunker FJg.svg|Fahnenjunker LD B 33a Oberfähnrich.svg|Oberfähnrich HA OS5 11 Panzergrenadier OA PzGren.svg|Mounting loop Jäger OA HA OS5 12 Gefreiter OA PzGren R.svg|Mounting loop Gefreiter OA LA OS5 33a Oberfähnrich.svg|Mounting loop Oberfähnrich </gallery> Regarding the Navy, beside the rank insignia there is not any additional element, determined commonly to all officer grades and officer designated ranks. Various assignment badges indicate the different officer chains of career and discriminate officers designated from the other rank groups, e.g. enlisted