German Army
Recognition chart of German Army uniforms: caps, four uniformed figures (colonel, captain, tank sergeant, corporal), shoulder straps by rank with German and English names, collar patches and branch colors. It is reference material with no slogan; the technique is faint, a selective visual catalogue for identification.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. War Department
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. War Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-856 (NAID 514350).
Text on the object
GERMAN ARMY UNIFORM CAP (Officers) (Not Generals) FIELD SERVICE (Officers) MOUNTAIN CAP FIELD SERVICE (Men) UNIFORM CAP (NCO's) COLONEL (General Staff) CAPTAIN (Artillery) SERGEANT (Tank Corps) CORPORAL (L Infantry) SHOULDER STRAPS OFFIZIERE (OFFICERS) GENERALFELDMARSCHALL (FIELD MARSHAL) GENERALOBERST (GENERAL) GENERAL (LIEUTENANT GENERAL) GENERALLEUTNANT (MAJOR GENERAL) GENERALMAJOR (BRIGADIER GENERAL) OBERST (COLONEL) OBERSTLEUTNANT (LIEUTENANT COLONEL) MAJOR (MAJOR) HAUPTMANN / RITTMEISTER(CAV, H ARTY) (CAPTAIN) OBERLEUTNANT (FIRST LIEUTENANT) LEUTNANT (SECOND LIEUTENANT) UNTEROFFIZIERE MIT PORTEPEE (SENIOR NCO's) STABSFELDWEBEL / STABSWACHTMEISTER (CAV, ARTY) (NONE) OBERFELDWEBEL / OBERWACHTMEISTER (MASTER SERGEANT) (Cont'd) UNTEROFFIZIERE MIT PORTEPEE (SENIOR NCO's) FELDWEBEL / WACHTMEISTER (CAV, ARTY) (FIRST SERGEANT) UNTEROFFIZIERE OHNE PORTEPEE (JUNIOR NCO's) UNTERFELDWEBEL / UNTERWACHTMEISTER (CAV, ARTY) (STAFF SERGEANT) UNTEROFFIZIER (SERGEANT) MANNSCHAFTEN (MEN) OBERGEFREITER (CORPORAL) less than / more than 6 yrs Service GEFREITER (LANCE CORPORAL) OBERSCHÜTZE (INF) / OBERKANONIER (ARTY) / OBERPIONIER (ENGRS) / OBERJÄGER (L INF) / OBERREITER (CAV) (PRIVATE FIRST CLASS) SCHÜTZE (INF) / KANONIER (ARTY) / PIONIER (ENGRS) / JÄGER (L INF) / REITER (CAV) (PRIVATE) COLLAR PATCHES GENERALS OFFICERS (Not Generals) MEN COLOR OF THE ARMS* INFANTERIE (INF) WHITE ARTILLERIE (ARTY) BRIGHT RED JÄGER (L INF) LIGHT GREEN KAVALLERIE (CAV) GOLD YELLOW PIONIERE (ENGRS) BLACK AUFKLÄRUNGSEINHEITEN (RCN UNITS) COPPER BROWN PANZER UND PANZERJÄGER EINHEITEN (TANK AND ANTI-TANK UNITS) ROSE *Shown in Piping on shoulder straps, collar patches, and caps. [imprint: [illegible] WAR DEPARTMENT, U. S. ARMY, WASHINGTON, D. C. [illegible]]
