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The design adopted, in silver for the Reichsheer (Army) and in gold for the Reichsmarine (Navy), was a stylized eagle with outstretched, beveled wings clutching a wreathed mobile Hakenkreuz, later to be called the Wehrmachtsadler ("Armed Forces eagle").On tunics this took the form of a cloth patch about 9 cm (3⅝") wide worn on the right breast, above the pocket.Panzertruppen were issued standard uniforms for service-dress and walking out but rarely wore them, much preferring their unique jackets. Although shown to the press, this new uniform was not provided to the unit due to the outbreak of WWII. Generalstaboffiziere were officers carefully selected and trained to represent the German General Staff Corps in both command and staff functions. All were before 1939 graduates of the Military Academy, the Kriegsakademie.
When hostilities began in 1939, on the enlisted Feldbluse or field blouse the eagle was changed from silver-white to matte grey for reduced visibility; and in 1940 backings began to be produced in field-grey (feldgrau).By 1938 the fast-growing Heer had found that it was impractical, for the enlisted field uniform, to manufacture and stock a multitude of collar patches in assorted Waffenfarben which also had to be sewn on and frequently changed by unit tailors.Accordingly, new universal Litzen were introduced with the Litzenspiegel and Mittlestreife woven in dark green to match the backing patch, and which could be applied at the factory; Waffenfarbe was now displayed on the shoulder-straps, which simply buttoned on and were easily switched.The Nazi Party also had its own series of paramilitary uniforms and insignia.
ordered the Nazi Party eagle-and-swastika, now Germany's National Emblem, to be worn on uniform blouses and headgear effective 1 May.
There were also versions for other uniforms: both white and grey variants on black for the Panzer uniform, and in dull grey-blue on tan backing for the tropical (Afrikakorps) uniform.
