By 1939, the entire Nazi Party paramilitary rank system had been overhauled, introducing completely new insignia consisting of pips, bars, and as many as four miniature oak leaves per collar to represent Nazi Party political rank. The "Gauleiter" insignia, however, was considered too well "entrenched" to change and thus was not incorporated into the new insignia system. Instead, the Gautier continued to wear the pre-war two oak leaf insignia, with the rank seen as existing outside of the hierarchy, senior to all other Nazi Party ranks, with the exception of "Reichsleiter". Both "Gauleiter" and "Reichsleiter" insignia was modified slightly to display a more pronounced national eagle crest, and both ranks were permitted to wear special party armbands.