The uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA) were Nazi Party paramilitary ranks and uniforms used by SA stormtroopers from 1921 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. The titles and phrases used by the SA were the basis for paramilitary titles used by several other Nazi paramilitary groups, among them the Schutzstaffel (SS). Early SS ranks were identical to the SA, since the SS was originally considered a sub-organisation of the Sturmabteilung.
The original pip system used by the SA in the 1920s
A German poster showing uniforms and insignia of Sturmabteilung (to the left) and Schutzstaffel (SS, to the right), two paramilitary branches of the Nazi Party, published in English by the Chicago Sunday Tribune 1933. The caption reads: Putting masculine Germany into uniforms of types portrayed above is only one aspect of complete regimentation of the German people – a regimentation which includes reshaping of thought in the Nazi mold, suppression of rights, and
Ernst Röhm's special rank insignia as SA Chief of Staff, used between 1933 and 1934. It was abolished after the Night of the Long Knives.
Supreme SA Leader
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The Supreme SA Leader, was the titular head of the Nazi Party's paramilitary group, the Sturmabteilung (SA).
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1980 073 19A, Emil Maurice
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 102 13805, Hermann Göring
Image: Reichsparteitag NSDAP Parade Nürnberg 1929 Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Nazi Party rally Robert Sennecke Int.Illustrations Verlag Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe 3 1 0 17 12269 33704 Marked as Public domain (cropped)