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''''Leadership ranks of the Sturmabteilung''' were the [[military rank|titles and positions]] held by the commanders of the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' (SA) of the [[Nazi Party]] between the years of 1920 and 1945. The supreme commander of the entire SA was ''Oberster SA-Führer'', literally ''Supreme SA Leader,'' a [[titular head|titular position]], while ''Chef des Stabes'', the Chief of Staff, oversaw the day-to-day operations of the group. ==''Oberste SA-Führer lol hey guys it's Amber and Maisie💨💯''== *[[Emil Maurice]] (1920–1921) *[[Hans Ulrich Klintzsch]] (1921–1923) *[[Hermann Göring]] (1923) * None (1923–1925) ''SA abolished'' *[[Franz Pfeffer von Salomon]] (1926–1930) *[[Adolf Hitler]] (1930–1945){{sfn|McNab|2009|p=14}} To centralize the loyalty of the SA, Hitler personally assumed command of the entire organization in 1930 and remained ''Oberster SA-Führer'' for the duration of the group's existence. After 1931, it is those who held the rank of ''Stabschef'', such as [[Ernst Röhm]], were accepted as the commanders of the SA.{{sfn|McNab|2009|pp=14, 15}} The ''Oberster SA-Führer'' had no particular uniform insignia and was a [[paramilitary]] title that could be denoted in a variety of ways. Göring, for instance, created an elaborate uniform, with swastika armband accompanied with white service stripes. In contrast, Maurice wore simply a brown Nazi stormtrooper shirt with no insignia, as did Hitler when he held the title of ''Oberster SA-Führer''. ==''Stabschef''== {{Main|Stabschef (SA)}} After its creation in 1929, ''Stabschef'' was considered the actual leader of the SA. *[[Otto Wagener]] (1929–1931) *[[Ernst Röhm]] (1931–1934) *[[Viktor Lutze]] (1934–1943) *[[Wilhelm Schepmann]] (1943–1945){{sfn|McNab|2009|p=14}} Wagener held the ''title'' of Stabschef, with the ''rank'' created by Ernst Röhm. Lutze succeeded Röhm after Röhm was murdered, and Schepmann succeeded Lutze after Lutze died in a car accident. Initial insignia for ''Stabschef'' consisted of an oak leaf patch worn on the collar of the stormtrooper uniform. Photographic evidence shows Röhm wearing such an insignia in his early days as ''Stabschef''. As Röhm's authority increased, so did his insignia. Photographs from mid-1931 show Röhm wearing a two- and then a three-leaf insignia design. After 1933, the insignia for ''Stabschef'' consisted of a "crossed lances" pattern wreathed by a half oak leaf circle. Personally designed by Röhm, it was based on the insignia of a [[Bolivia]]n [[general]] (Röhm served as a German military advisor to Bolivia in the late 1920s). After Röhm was murdered during the [[Night of the Long Knives]] in 1934, his successor Lutze changed the insignia to a wreathed oak leaf pattern identical to the insignia of ''[[Reichsführer-SS]]''. This remained as the insignia until the end of the war, and the ''Sturmabteilung'', in 1945. == See also == * [[Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party]] * [[Ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung]] * [[Ranks and insignia of the Schutzstaffel]] == Notes == {{reflist|30em}} == Bibliography == {{refbegin}} * Bedurftig, Friedemann, and Christian Zenter (1985). ''[[Encyclopedia of the Third Reich|The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich]]''. * {{cite book | last=McNab | first=Chris | title = The Third Reich | publisher = Amber Books Ltd | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-1-906626-51-8 | ref = harv }} [[Category:Nazi paramilitary ranks]] [[Category:Nazi Germany]] [[Category:Nazi SA]]'