Deutsch: ORGANISATIONSBUCH DER NSDAP 1943: Tafel 34: Großer SA.-Dienstanzug SA.-Obertruppführer SA.-Sturm 1 der SA.-Standarte 1 (SA.-Gruppe Hochland) Kleiner SA.-Dienstanzug SA.-Standartenführer Führer der |SA.-Standarte 5 "Horst Wessel" ]] (SA.-Gruppe Berlin-Brandenburg) (Die Sturmabteilung (SA) war die paramilitärische Kampforganisation der NSDAP in der Weimarer Republik von 1920/21 und in der Diktatur des Nationalsozialismus von 1933 bis 1945) English: Colour plate showing uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the stormtroopers and original paramilitary wing of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP) from 1920/21 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945: Ceremonial Dress (full dress uniform/parade uniform) Kepi (Schaftmütze) with brown leather chin strap, buttons and metal eagle. The colour on the Kepi displayed which Gruppen (division) the wearer belonged to. Brown shirt with shoulder strap on right shoulder and brown necktie Right collar patch/tab (Kragenspiegel) contains the number and type of unit, left collar patch contain the rank insignias (see also SA collar tab and shoulder board identification guide by GermanDaggers.com) Nazi Party swastika armband/brassard (Kampfbinde, Hakenkreuzarmbinde) Nazi Party membership badge; World War I Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz); The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (Hindenburg Cross, Das Ehrenkreuz des Weltkriegs 1914/1918); Nazi Party Long Service Award (Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP); and SA Sports Badge (SA-Sportabzeichen) Belt with double claw open buckle and crossbelt SA dagger (see dagger guide on Germandaggers.com** Calf-length breeches (riding pants with extra width in the thigh area (Breecheshosen, Reit- bzw. Stiefelhosen) Black high jackboots (Schaftstiefeln):etc. Undress uniform Kepi Tunic (Waffenrock): Open lapel cut, single-breasted service jacket, in brown textile, with front closure, two side pockets, two box-pleated patch breast pockets with stylised (scalloped) button-down flaps, and turned up cuffs Collar patches/tabs (Kragenspiegel) with SA rank insignia Nazi Party swastika armband/brassard (Hakenkreuzarmbinde) Nazi Party membership badge and SA Sports Badge Belt with double claw open buckle and crossbelt SA-dagger Riding trousers and high jackboots etc. The uniform of an SA member was principally a brown shirt, Swastika armband and a tan Kepi cap. The uniform was chosen due to its prevalence after a store of tropical colonial uniforms were discovered in Austria. Lighter, retouched version of cropped page copied from Organisationsbuch der NSDAP by Reichsorganisationsleiter Robert Ley (1890 – 1945) published 1943 ("Herausgeber: Robert Ley"; "7 Auflage: 301-400 Tausend"). Publisher : Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf., München. 856 pages. 596 (ie 750) p: ill, maps, ports, plates; 22 cm; German language. Letters in Fraktur style typefaces. Legal disclaimer This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) are also illegal in Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Brazil, Israel, Ukraine, Russia and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).