Is There An SS Oberrottenfuhrer?

[Jon]

Hello guys!

If y'all check out the following thread you will see a reference to an SS Oberrottenfuhrer and a person who even claims to have a uniform with an Oberrottenfuhrer insignia. Now, I have never heard of an SS Oberrottenfuhrer (Only know of the Oberrottenfuhrer Rank in the Hitlerjugend Youth Organization) and have never heard of an SS uniform with Heer Stabsgefreiter Chevrons and SS Rottenfuhrer Collar Tabs. Would anyone else have heard of this strange rank or have heard of a uniform such as this?

Thread is here:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=12672

Jon

[Robin Lumsden]

Jon.

There was definitely no such rank as SS-Oberrottenfuehrer.

[Jon]

Hello Robin!

Thank you for your response! That is what I thought, in my years of research I have never come across this SS Rank until now. The one man in the thread claims to be a Veteran and says he "remembers" a member of his unit with the rank of Oberrottenfuhrer. There is another man who is insistent that the uniform that he has is authentic. I must admit that I have my doubts.

Jon

[Peter Wiking]

I found this about "Oberrottenfuhrer" its a rank in the Hitlerjugend, just as you say. Its not to be found in the SS as far as i know.
http://www.angelfire.com/sk3/gerunif...olkssturm.html

Cheers.
Peter Wiking

[Aave Johns]

Only Rottenfuhrer

Jon
I would be very dubious about the rank of Oberrottenfuhrer. If it did indeed exists how has it taken so long for it to surface. I had a look a the site with the "veterans" explanation. I'm not standing in a paddock but I definately smell bull####.

Johnsy

[Jon]

Hello guys!

Thank you all for your responses! Indeed this SS Oberrottenfuhrer does not seem correct at all. It looks like it was merely a Hitler Jugend rank and not Waffen SS, as the information Peter has provided shows. I for one do not believe that a unit officer would have the authority to create a rank just because he would like to, so I do not agree with the explanation given by the "Veteran". Also, like has already been said by Johnsy, if there was such a rank why has it only come to our attention now 60 years later?

Jon