Why did WWII German Gestapo uniforms have the epaulet showing rank only on the right shoulder with nothing on the left? I'm talking about the shoulder tabs, not the collar tabs. -
![Christoph waltz clean-shaven in a gestapo-esque uniform with a scar on his face and wearing a monocle sitting behind a desk on Craiyon Christoph waltz clean-shaven in a gestapo-esque uniform with a scar on his face and wearing a monocle sitting behind a desk on Craiyon](https://pics.craiyon.com/2023-06-28/3dbf4e5de50342e4aa6e6cf4730cc54c.webp)
Christoph waltz clean-shaven in a gestapo-esque uniform with a scar on his face and wearing a monocle sitting behind a desk on Craiyon
Why did WWII German Gestapo uniforms have the epaulet showing rank only on the right shoulder with nothing on the left? I'm talking about the shoulder tabs, not the collar tabs. -
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1940s SS Officer Nazis, World War Two German Army Officer Uniform . 20th Century Re-enactment groups Pickering Wartime Weekend Railway Station Clock Stock Photo - Alamy
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File:WW2 German Waffen-SS Untersturmführer uniform (Norwegian volunteer Germanske SS frontkjemper) Visor cap Schirmütze SS Totenkopf skull device Mannequin Hjemmefrontmuseet Rakkestad war museum 2021-06-20 IMG 5851.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![File:ONI JAN 1 Uniforms and Insignia Page 046 German Armed Elite Guard Waffen-SS WW2 Field service dress uniforms. Officers. Service dress, tank troops, summer uniform, overcoat, caps, buckle, collar patches. Jan. 1944 File:ONI JAN 1 Uniforms and Insignia Page 046 German Armed Elite Guard Waffen-SS WW2 Field service dress uniforms. Officers. Service dress, tank troops, summer uniform, overcoat, caps, buckle, collar patches. Jan. 1944](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/ONI_JAN_1_Uniforms_and_Insignia_Page_046_German_Armed_Elite_Guard_Waffen-SS_WW2_Field_service_dress_uniforms._Officers._Service_dress%2C_tank_troops%2C_summer_uniform%2C_overcoat%2C_caps%2C_buckle%2C_collar_patches._Jan._1944_Field_recognition._No.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg)