Military & PL-Rank Equivalents?

[stonemint]

As we know, for Form IV insignia, there are around 65 different ranks. One thing I have never seen published is comparative ranks for Political Leaders vis a vis the military.

I would assume many (at least 4-5) would overlap a single military rank level, but could we assume that a Gauleiter is roughly a 3-star general, while a Reichsleiter a 4-star?

So, for example, what would be the military rank equivalent for a Haupt-Berichsleiter? A Gemeinschftsleiter? Any thoughts on the remainder of the rank groups? Maybe I am off-base and there is no military equivalent, but this has always nagged me. Any thoughts/comments/insights would be greatly appreciated (especially for a 30-year visor specialist who is now finding another addiction, which I blame entirely on this book):

[bbeck]

Political Organizations

Great Book!

[TxGauleiter]

i hold the author and his book responsible for my PL addiction too!

[Ed.Anderson,Jr.]

As to Equivalent ranks in Party and Military Organisation, a list can be found
in the Ballantine Book "Nazi Regalia" by Jack Pia.
Regards, Ed. ..

[stonemint]

Ed, I threw that book away over 25 years ago after it finally fell apart. Can you scan that page onto this thread?

[Richard]

I've just taken a look at my copy (hadn't even looked at it for several years until I read this thread. I'd scan the pages but I fear if I opened the book and flattened it out enough to scan, I'd have the same problem that resulted in stonemint throwing his copy out. Maybe I can photograph them later this week unless Ed can get them scanned.
Richard V

[stonemint]

Ed kindly sent me scans, but they are too big to load , and when I reduce them, they turn out too small. You might be best off just taking a pic of the pages in question and then posting.

[Jeff Clark]

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[Richard]

Great job Jeff! I tried to get mine open that far and noticed that it was straining the spine to the point of separation of the pages before it was entirely open.
Richard V

PS your book is in the mail to me as I write this. Looking forward to reading it. It has gotten some great reviews here.

[Jeff Clark]

Thanks Richard!

I didn't want to snap the book spine and have to throw it away like stonemint did, so I took pictures instead

[stonemint]

Thanks, Jeff. As I expected, there definately is some overlapping of ranks. Interesting in that although the NSDAP had EM/NCO equivalent ranks, they still wore officer-quality uniforms and chincords.