Category:Handbook on German Army Identification (1943)
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The book was issued by the United States War Department and prepared at the Military Intelligence Training Center in Camp Ritchie, Maryland in 1943. The handbook includes line illustrations, photos, and text briefly describing the uniforms, insignia, and organization of the armed forces, including the army (Wehrmacht Heer), air force (Luftwaffe), and navy (Kriegsmarine), as well as the paramilitary organizations of the Nazi Party, such as NSDAP political leaders, the Sturmabteilung (SA, Stormtroopers, brownshirts), Schutsztaffel (SS), Deutsches Jungvolk, Hitlerjugend (HJ, Hitler Youth), Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD, National Labor Service), and the armed Waffen-SS. The book also includes an appendix on traffic laws and signs in war time Germany. The illustrator and designer are uncredited, and there are no known copyright restrictions.
See also Wikipedia articles about uniforms and insignia of Nazi Germany:
- Armed forces, etc.:
- Nazi party paramilitary ranks:
- Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party (NSDAP)
- Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA)
- Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS)
- Ranks and uniforms of the Hitlerjugend (HJ)
- Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Flyers Corps (NSFK)
- Ranks and insignia of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK)
- Other organisations, etc.:
- Comparative ranks and Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany
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