Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) Collar Tab and Shoulder Board Identification Guide

This is an identification guide for the many different Collar Tabs, both leadership and administrative, worn during the 3rd Reich period. Also included are the shoulder boards authorized in the 1st Regulations. After 1933, shoulder boards were
discontinued for the NSDAP uniform. To the best of our knowledge, all the examples shown are original pre-1945 manufacture. If anyone has questions or suggestions, please contact Vern@GermanDaggers.com.

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NSDAP 1st Regulation Collar Tabs - 1930-1933

All were political leadership positions

Reichsorganisationsleiter Landesinspekteur Gauleiter Kreisleiter

Reichsinspektuer

Ortsgruppenleiter Zellenwart Blockwart

 Reichsorganisationsleiter Landesinspekteur Gauleiter Kreisleiter Ortsgruppenleiter
Reichsinspektuer Carmine Underlay Bright Red Underlay Bright Red Underlay Bright Red Underlay
Carmine Underlay

NSDAP 2nd Regulation Collar Tabs - 1933-1935

Reichs level - Pink, Gau level - Red, Kreis level - Dark Brown, and Orts level - Tan

Reichsleiter Amtsleiter Abteilungsleiter Unterabteilungsleiter

Reichs level - Political position Reichs level - Administrative Reichs level - Administrative Reichs level - Administrative
 Gauleiter Stellvertreter Gauleiter GauInspektuer Amtsleiter
Gau Level - Political position Gau Level - Political position Gau level - Administrative Gau level - Administrative

Abteilungsleiter Unterabteilungsleiter Kreisleiter KreisAmtsleiter

Gau level - Administrative Gau level - Administrative Kreis Level - Political position Kreis level - Administrative

Abteilungsleiter Unterabteilungsleiter Ortsgruppenleiter Amtsleiter

Kreis level - Administrative Kreis level - Administrative Orts Level - Political position Orts Level - Administrative position
 Zellenleiter Blockleiter
Orts Level - Administrative position Orts Level - Administrative position

NSDAP 3rd Regulation Collar Tabs - 1936-1939

Reichs level edged Yellow, Gau level edged Burgandy, Kreis level edged Black, and Orts level edged Light Blue

Reichsleiter HauptDienstLeiter DienstLeiter HauptAmtsleiter

Reichs Level - Political position Reichs Level - Administrative position Reichs Level - Administrative position Reichs Level - Administrative position
 Amtsleiter HauptStellenleiter Stellenleiter HilfsStellenleiter
Reichs Level - Administrative position Reichs Level - Administrative position Reichs Level - Administrative position Reichs Level - Administrative position

Mitarbeiter Gauleiter Stellvertreter Gauleiter Amtsleiter

Reichs Level - Administrative position Gau Level - Political position Gau Level - Political position Gau Level - Administrative position

HauptStellenleiter Stellenleiter Mitarbeiter Kreisleiter

Gau Level - Administrative position Gau Level - Administrative position Gau Level - Administrative position Kreis Level - Political position

HauptAmtsleiter Amtsleiter HauptStellenleiter Stellenleiter

Kreis Level - Administrative position Kreis Level - Administrative position Kreis Level - Administrative position Kreis Level - Administrative position
 Mitarbeiter Ortsgruppenleiter Stutzpunktleiter Amtsleiter
Kreis Level - Administrative position Orts Level - Political position Orts Level - Political position Orts Level - Administrative position

HauptStellenleiter Stellenleiter Mitarbeiter

Orts Level - Administrative position Orts Level - Administrative position Orts Level - Administrative position

NSDAP 4th Regulation Collar Tabs - 1938-1945

Two political leadership positions (all other political positions were identified by Armbands)
 Reichsleiter Gauleiter Sonderbeauftrager
Reichs Level Gau Level Reichs, Gau, and Kreis Level

Twenty eight administration positions

Reichs level Wine Red edged Yellow, Gau level Red edged Burgandy, Kreis level Black edged White, and Orts level Brown edged Light Blue

HauptBefehlsLeiter OberBefehlsLeiter BefehlsLeiter HauptDienstLeiter

Only at the Reichs level Only at the Reichs and Gau levels Only at the Reichs and Gau levels Only at the Reichs and Gau levels

OberDienstLeiter DienstLeiter HauptBereichsLeiter OberBereichsLeiter

Only at the Reichs and Gau levels Only at the Reichs, Gau, and Kreis levels Only at the Reichs, Gau, and Kreis levels Only at the Reichs, Gau, and Kreis levels
 BereichsLeiter HauptAbscnhittsLeiter OberAbscnhittsLeiter AbscnhittsLeiter
Only at the Reichs, Gau, and Kreis levels Only at the Reichs, Gau, and Kreis levels At all levels At all levels

HauptGemeinschaftsLeiter OberGemeinschaftsLeiter GemeinschaftsLeiter HauptEinsatzLeiter

At all levels At all levels At all levels At all levels

OberEinsatzLeiter EinsatzLeiter HauptBereitschaftsLeiter OberBereitschaftsLeiter

At all levels At all levels At all levels At all levels
BereitschaftsLeiter HauptArbeitsLeiter OberArbeitsLeiter ArbeitsLeiter
At all levels At all levels At all levels At all levels

HauptHelfer OberHelfer Anwrter (party member) Anwrter (non-party member)

At all levels At all levels At all levels At all levels