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SS unit insignia was a form of uniform
Uniform

File:Porfirio Diaz paint.jpgA uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity....
 insignia
Insignia

Insignia is a symbol or token of personal power , status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. Insignia are especially used as an emblem of a specific or general authority....
 used by the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel

The , abbreviated SS- or - was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the F?hrer's "Praetorian Guard," the Nazi Party's "Shield Squadron" and a force that, fielding almost a million men, managed to exert as much political influence as th...
 between the years of 1932 and 1945. SS unit insignia was displayed on an SS member’s right collar and was worn opposite the badge of SS rank
Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel

The ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel were a Nazi party paramilitary ranks used by the Schutzstaffel to differentiate that organization from the regular German armed forces, the German state, and the Nazi Party....
. The exception to this was in the case of those officers ranking Standartenführer
Standartenführer

Standartenf?hrer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in both the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel. First founded as a title in 1925, in 1928 the rank became one of the first commissioned Nazi ranks and was bestowed upon those S.A....
 and above who wore rank on both collars and did not display a unit insignia collar patch. The SS also used cuff title
Cuff title

A cuff title is a form of insignia placed on the sleeve, near the cuff of German military and paramilitary uniforms, most commonly seen in the Second World War but also seen postwar....
s, sleeve diamonds, and shoulder patches as additional versions of unit insignia.

Waffen-SS foreign legions
After 1942, Waffen-SS
Waffen-SS

The Waffen-SS was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. It was founded in Germany in 1939 after the SS was split into two units but the title of Waffen-SS only became official on 2 March, 1940....
 began forming a number of divisions composed of members from allied or conquered nations.






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SS unit insignia was a form of uniform
Uniform

File:Porfirio Diaz paint.jpgA uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity....
 insignia
Insignia

Insignia is a symbol or token of personal power , status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. Insignia are especially used as an emblem of a specific or general authority....
 used by the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel

The , abbreviated SS- or - was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the F?hrer's "Praetorian Guard," the Nazi Party's "Shield Squadron" and a force that, fielding almost a million men, managed to exert as much political influence as th...
 between the years of 1932 and 1945. SS unit insignia was displayed on an SS member’s right collar and was worn opposite the badge of SS rank
Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel

The ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel were a Nazi party paramilitary ranks used by the Schutzstaffel to differentiate that organization from the regular German armed forces, the German state, and the Nazi Party....
. The exception to this was in the case of those officers ranking Standartenführer
Standartenführer

Standartenf?hrer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in both the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel. First founded as a title in 1925, in 1928 the rank became one of the first commissioned Nazi ranks and was bestowed upon those S.A....
 and above who wore rank on both collars and did not display a unit insignia collar patch. The SS also used cuff title
Cuff title

A cuff title is a form of insignia placed on the sleeve, near the cuff of German military and paramilitary uniforms, most commonly seen in the Second World War but also seen postwar....
s, sleeve diamonds, and shoulder patches as additional versions of unit insignia.

Collar patches



Waffen-SS foreign legions


After 1942, Waffen-SS
Waffen-SS

The Waffen-SS was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel or SS. It was founded in Germany in 1939 after the SS was split into two units but the title of Waffen-SS only became official on 2 March, 1940....
 began forming a number of divisions composed of members from allied or conquered nations. A wide variety of "national insignia" thus developed which was worn as the standard unit insignia for Foreign Legions of the Waffen-SS.

Waffenssfl