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hi can anyone help me?i have studied the 2nd world war for years but there is one thing that i can never get an answer to and that is ,what does the white chevron that you see on german officers right sleeve signify,it is about four inches above the elbow and looks like a lance corperals stripe ,of course it isn't that because they are officers ,i am not sure if they are only worn by the ss. i was once told it was worn to show that the person had been wounded in battle but this was never confirmed .thanks lol.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Most likely the SS (Schutzstaffel) enlisted rank of Rottenfuher (sorry, can't do the umlauts) which was a Section Leader if the chevron was two stripes or if only one stripe it would have been the Sturmmann (Storm Trooper). These were worn form 1938 to 1945... This was accompanied by a collar insignia of one or two stripes, as apporpriate...
The Alte k�mpfer (Old Fighters) Chevron was given to the so called old fighters who were early members of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) and were worn on the black Allegemeine SS uniform. These were the same as the one worn by Himmler. (and shown on his picture below)
Perhaps this:
http://www.angelfire.com/sk2/germanuniforms/wehrmacht39_42.html
and this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmler
might help.