Differentiating uniforms of infantry Officers and Schütze

[TFlames]

Hey guys,

sorry if this a bit of a newbie question, but what tended to be the differences between the uniforms of non-officer infantrymen and the officers? In WWII movies or games you would usually see the soldiers wearing helmets and infantry officers wearing a Schirmmütze. Aside from smaller decorations is this accurate?

[Christoph Awender]

Hello

Officers also wear helmets in combat and normal soldiers also had a Schirmmütze (with slight differences not easily seen on b/w photographs).

The main difference is the collar insignia and the shoulder strap which indicates the exact rank
Enlisted collar. Shoulder strap in combination with rank chevron indicates rank


A Non commissioned officer (Unteroffizier). Different collar, shoulder strap


Officer.. Different collar insignia, different shoulder strap


Here on my site you see what insignia shows which rank
http://chrito.users1.50megs.com/uniformen/basicheer.htm

Additionally the officer tunics were tailored a little bit different and of better quality.
http://chrito.users1.50megs.com/uniform ... iforms.htm

\Christoph

[TFlames]

Thanks Christoph!