page_title: Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung
section_title: Final pattern SA uniforms (1934–1945)
hierarchical_section_title: Uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung / Final pattern SA uniforms (1934–1945)
caption_attribution_description: English: Sturmabteilung rank insignia 1934-1945
context_page_description: The uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung were Nazi Party paramilitary ranks and uniforms used by SA stormtroopers from 1921 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. The titles and phrases used by the SA were the basis for paramilitary titles used by several other Nazi paramilitary groups, among them the Schutzstaffel. Early SS ranks were identical to the SA, since the SS was originally considered a sub-organization of the Sturmabteilung.
context_section_description: A slight alteration to the rank and insignia system of the SA occurred in July 1934 after the Night of the Long Knives. Victor Lutze did away with Röhm's special insignia for the rank of Stabschef and instead adopted a collar patch in much the same design as that of Reichsführer-SS, a rank which Heinrich Himmler now held.
caption: Final SA rank insignia pattern (1934–1945)