chaplain uniforms and service colours

[majorsmith]

hi everyone, im new to this excellent forum, i wish to know what arm of service color the chaplains or padres of the heer wore? any uniform plates or reference books would be useful to know as well! i recall it being purple but i could be wrong...

many thanks in advance

andy

[hucks216]

Hello,
The waffenfarbe for chaplains was indeed purple. If I can recall where I have seen a colour photo of a piece of uniform or a colour plate I will edit this entry to let you know.

I knew I had seen one somewhere...here you go -

www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthr ... t=chaplain

[majorsmith]

cheers! i joined the other forum as well, ive got all the info i need now, many thanks again

[Bildberichter]

Here is some more info on Heer chaplains:

http://www.soldat.com/Gott%20mit%20Uns.htm

http://kriegspfarrer.tripod.com/id4.html

[heimwehr danzig]

Hi,

Would the Imams and Mullahs of units like SS-Handschar and SS-Kama wear purple waffenfarbe on their uniform?

Just curious...

Kind regards,

[Ian Hulley]

Hi,

Would the Imams and Mullahs of units like SS-Handschar and SS-Kama wear purple waffenfarbe on their uniform?

Just curious...

Kind regards,

Very doubtfull, because the Waffen-SS didn't actively acknowledge religion, there was no regulation for the purple waffenfarbe so IF they wore a uniform it would be that of the Division they were assigned to, in both cases Gebirgsjäger thus they would be green-piped.

Ian

[HPL2008]

The Imams were employed with Fachführer status and wore the appropriate insignia: A blank right-hand collar patch and red-and-grey piping on their shoulderboards.

[heimwehr danzig]

What exactly is a Fachführer?

[HPL2008]

What exactly is a Fachführer?

The SS' equivalent to the Sonderführer of the Wehrmacht: Essentially, civilian specialists serving on temporary duty assignments for the duration of the war, filling duty positions for which regular career- or reserve military personnel were unavailable.

[Ian Hulley]

People such as the Maybach employees who were attached to the Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung to service, maintain and repair the Tiger engines.

Ian