Mann (paramilitary rank)
| Mann | |
|---|---|
| File:SS-Mann, SS-Schuetze, SS-Oberschuetze collar.svg SS Gorget patch | |
| File:SS-Mannschaft.svg SS Shoulder insignia | |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Service branch | File:NSKK Hausflagge.svg National Socialist Motor Corps File:NSFK Wimpel Fördernde Mitglieder.svg National Socialist Flyers Corps Postschutz File:RAD Hausflagge.svg Reich Labour Service File:Flagge Reichsluftschutzbund 1939.svg Reichsluftschutzbund  Schutzstaffel SturmabteilungError creating thumbnail: Technische Nothilfe |
| Formation | 1925 |
| Abolished | 1945 |
| Next higher rank | Luftschutzobertruppmann (RLB) Oberschütze (SS) Sturmmann (SA, NSKK & NSFK) Vormann (RAD & TN) |
| Next lower rank | Bewerber Jungmann Anwärter Vollanwärter |
| Equivalent ranks | Soldat Schütze |
Mann (English: "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945. The rank is most often associated with the Schutzstaffel (SS-Mann), but also was a rank of the SA, where Mann (SA-Mann) was the lowest enlisted rank and was the equivalent of a private.[1][2]
In 1938, with the rise of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (later renamed the Waffen-SS), the SS changed the rank of Mann to Schütze, although it still retained the original SS rank of Mann for the Allgemeine-SS (general SS). The rank of Mann was junior to SS-Sturmmann.[1]
In most Nazi Party organizations, the rank of Mann held no distinctive insignia. Some groups, however, granted a minor form of rank insignia such as a blank collar patch or simple shoulder board to denote the rank of Mann.[3] (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933)
Even lower ranks, e.g. Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter, were established in the mid-1930s as a recruit or candidate position, held by an individual seeking an appointment as a Mann in a Nazi Party paramilitary organization.[1]
Insignia
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SS-Mann (Allgemeine SS) & SS-Schütze (Waffen-SS), shoulder strap
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SS-Mann/ SS-Schütze, collar patch (1940-1945)
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RBL collar patch
(Luftschutztruppmann) -
NSFK Gorget patch
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NSKK Gorget patch
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RAD Gorget patch
(Arbeitsmann) -
TeNo shoulder strap
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Postschutz Gorget patch
(Postschutzmann)
Candidate status
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1st rank Allgemeine SS SS-Mann |
2nd rank no equivalent |
3rd rank SS-Sturmmann |
Volunteer for joining the Waffen-SS
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1st Rank Waffen-SS SS-Schütze |
2nd rank SS-Oberschütze |
3rd rank SS-Sturmmann |
| Candidate status SA-Anwärter |
1st SA rank SA-Mann |
2nd rank no equivalent |
3rd rank SA-Sturmmann |
| person liable to military service Wehrmacht |
1st Wehrmacht rank Soldat |
2nd rank Oberschütze |
3rd rank Gefreiter |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c McNab 2009, p. 30.
- ^ McNab 2009b, p. 15.
- ^ Flaherty 2004, p. 148.
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