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In the Wehrmacht Heer, upon retirement, certain senior German generals were awarded the honorary post of Chef (Chief) of a regiment, much like the Honorary Colonel in the British Army. It was a German custom dating from the late 18th century.
Enlisted infantryman's M36 uniform. Note the dark-green collar and shoulder-straps (with white Waffenfarbe), the Litzen collar insignia, and the Wehrmachtsadler above the right breast pocket.. When the Nazis came to power in early 1933 the Reichswehr, the armed forces of the Weimar Republic, were near the end of a two-year project to redesign the Army Feldbluse (field blouse).
A number of military awards were established pre-war, including Wehrmacht long service decorations, followed by awards for participation in the Spanish Civil War and for the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland, with the greatest number established after the start of World War II in 1939.
Ranks and insignia of the Wehrmacht (1935–1945), the rank systems of the other branches of the Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine, were different, as were those of the SS which was a Party organization outside the Wehrmacht.
The Heer as the German army and part of the Wehrmacht inherited its uniforms and rank structure from the Reichsheer of the Weimar Republic (1921–1935). There were few alterations and adjustments made as the army grew from a limited peacetime defense force of 100,000 men to a war-fighting force of several million men.
Wehrmacht Awards Wehrmacht Command Wehrmacht Ranks Film Footage ... Heer Ranks. Insignia. Generalfeldmarschall = Field Marshal. Collar. Shoulder. Arm. Generaloberst = General. Collar. Shoulder. Arm. General der (Arm) = Lieutenant General.
Deutsch: Dienstgradabzeichen der Deutschen Wehrmacht, Heeres, Luftwaffe und Kriegsmarine (1935–1945). English: Badges of rank of the German Wehrmacht, Army, Air Force and Navy (1935–1945). Polski: Oznaki stopni Wehrmachtu, armii i marynarki Trzeciej Rzeszy (1935–1945).
