Handbook on German Army Identification (1943)

I. General

• Identification of German military and semi military organizations (1)

II. German Order of Battle

• Definition (2)
• Purpose and scope (3)

III. The German Army - Das Deutsche Heer

• Uniforms and equipment (4)
• German Army identifications of specialists (5)
• Colors of arms of service - Waffenfarben (6)
• Enlisted men – Mannschaften (7)
• Noncommissioned officers – Unteroffiziere (8)
• Officers – Offiziere (9)
• German identification tag – Erkennungsmarke (10)
• "Wehrmacht" officials – Wehrmachtbeamte (11)
• "Ersatz" system (12)
• Pay book – Soldbuch (13)

IV. The German Air Force – Luftwaffe

• Uniform and insignia (14)
• Colors of arm of service – Waffenfarben (15)
• Special uniforms and insignia (16)
• Insignia of rank-flying uniform (17)
• Insignia of flying personnel of German Luftwaffe and Army (18)
• Corps of Engineers (19)
• Corps of Navigational Experts (20)
• Medical Corps (21)
• Musicians (22)

V. The German Navy - Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine

• General (23)
• Insignia of rank of Navy – Dienstgradabzeichen der Kriegsmarine (24)

VI. Police, semi military and political organizations - Deutsche Polizei, Halbmilitarische und Politische Verbände

• German police - Deutsche Polizei (25)
• Semi military and political organizations (26)
• Uniforms of armed SS - Waffen SS (27)
• Insignia of rank of the National Labor Service - Dienstgradabzeichen des Reichsarbeitsdienstes RAD (28)
• National Socialist Organizations – Nationalsozialistische Organisationen (29)
• Insignia of rank of SA, SS, and of the NSKK - Dienstgradabzeichen der SA, SS, und der NSKK (30)
• Insignia on uniform of the German police – Uniform Abzeichen der Deutschen Polizei (31)
• Command post flags – Kommandoflaggen (32)
• Field insignia and flags of the National Socialist German Labor Party – Feldzeichen und Fahnen der NSDAP (33)
• Insignia of rank of Hitler Youth – Dienstgradabzeichen der Hitlerjugend (34)
• Rank insignia of the political leaders – Dienstgradabzeichen der Politischen Leiter (35)

APPENDIX

• Traffic signs – Verkehrszeichen (67)