Post: | Supreme SA Leader |
Insignia: | SA-Logo (no white background).svg |
Insigniasize: | 75 |
Department: | Sturmabteilung |
Member Of: | German: Oberste SA-Führung |
Reports To: | Adolf Hitler |
Appointer: | Adolf Hitler |
Termlength: | Not fixed |
Formation: | February 1920 |
First: | Emil Maurice |
Last: | Adolf Hitler |
Abolished: | 30 April 1945 |
Deputy: | German: [[Stabschef]] |
The supreme SA leader (German: Oberster SA-Führer), was the titular head of the Nazi Party's paramilitary group, the German: [[Sturmabteilung]] (SA).
To centralise the loyalty of the SA, Hitler personally assumed command of the entire organisation in 1930 and remained German: Oberster SA-Führer for the duration of the group's existence. After 1931, those who held the rank of German: [[Stabschef]], such as Ernst Röhm, were accepted as the commanders of the SA.
The German: Oberster SA-Führer had no particular uniform insignia and was a paramilitary title that could be denoted in a variety of ways. Hermann Göring, for instance, created an elaborate uniform, with swastika armband accompanied with white service stripes. In contrast, Maurice wore simply a brown Nazi storm trooper shirt with no insignia, as did Hitler when he held the title of German: Oberster SA-Führer.
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(November 1923 – 1 November 1926)|-