Walter Buch

[deutsche]

Deustche:

In 1938 new Party Court regulations stated that only The Supreme Party Judge Walter Buch, was allowed to wear the Blue Reichsleiter tabs. Hence Grimm was no longer allowed to wear the blue tabs. He switched over to the standard Carmine Reichsleiter tabs during this time period. You seem to be confusing the 1934-1939 tabs with the 1939-45 tabs. In 1940 Grimm retired and started wearing special custom made BLACK Reichsleiter tabs in the 1939-45 style. Although the Black retired tabs were abolished for all ranks with the 1939-45 style, Grimm being a Reichsleiter, used Black to denote his special status. He is the only person known to have worn 1939-45 style tabs in Black. However, many figures including some retired gauleiters continued to use the old black 1934-39 tabs, although the regulations had done away with them. So in your 1938 photo Grimm would be wearing the standard Carmine tab instead of Blue.

Mark Costa

Thanks, Mark!
So, now i know whether Grimm' 1939-1945 style tab is blue or not. You mention the retired Gauleiter's tabs, which Gauleiters had retried in the Third Reich? if one had been dismissed and replaced by another, it means he retried?
And, in 24. Febr- anniversary or 8. Nov. anniversary , did the retried Gauleiters presented? how many retired Gauleiters?

[Mark Costa]

Deutsche:

Not all retired or replaced gauleiters were allowed to wear the honoray uniform of a retired gauleiter. Only a select few were allowed to wear this uniform with the black collar tabs. Hitler himself was the only one to give permission to wear it. But as I stated earlier, the black tabs were abolished in the regulations in 1939 -- BUT some of the retired gauleiter allowed to wear them continued to wear them into the war years, although this was contrary to the rules. The men known to have been given this special status were:
Adamczyk
Albrecht
Bolek
Corswant
Frauenfeld
Gottschalk
H. Krebs
Habicht
Hinkler
Leopold
Proksch
R. Jung
Ringshausen
Kube

All of the above men have been seen in photos wearing the black tabs. Gauleiter Rust continued to wear his RED gauleiter tabs after he was replaced but by that time the black tabs were abolished so it seems that he was allowed to wear the regular standard tabs. It is not known whether Streicher was allowed to wear his uniform after he was relieved in 1940.

Mark Costa

[Michal78]

Ausweis von W.Buch - 1938.
Michal

[yvettebenton]

I’m a very interested on information about the woman and her children that he was married to when he killed himself. Any and all info. Also on who found his body in the lake. I’m trying to understand rumors I’ve heard.

Thank you

[ihoyos]

Father of the Martin Borman ‘s wife

[yvettebenton]

Yes, father of Gerda Bormann.