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English: Organisationsbuch der N.S.D.A.P., 5th edition of the official Nazi Party (NSDAP) handbook on the party’s organization, paramilitary structure, emblems, uniforms, etc., published in Nazi Germany (the Third Reich) 1938:

Tafel 40 – Uniforms of the National Socialist Motor Corps (German: Uniformen des NSKK, Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps)

• Scharführer ("squad leader") in the NSKK in school uniform (Scharführer der Technischen Führerschule im Schulanzug)
  • Kepi (Schaftmütze) with leather chin strap, buttons and metal eagle. The colour on the SA kepi displayed which Gruppen (division) the wearer belonged to.
  • Tunic (Waffenrock): single-breasted service jacket, with front closure, two side pockets, two box-pleated patch breast pockets with stylised (scalloped) button-down flaps
  • Collar patches/tabs (Kragenspiegel) with rank insignia
  • Shoulder strap on right shoulder
  • NSKK cloth badge on upper right sleeve
  • NSKK qualified driver's badge (NSKK-Kraftfahrraute) on left sleeve: On black backing in white a wheel with six visible spokes, over the centre of which is superimposed a German eagle, looking right, clutching a circular wreath enclosing a swastika (the Party Eagle, Parteiadler, the stylised German imperial eagle during Nazi rule with its head turned to its left wing). The Raute emblem was worn as a diamond shaped cloth sleeve badge on the left forearm of the tunics of those NSKK personel who were qualified drivers.
  • Nazi Party swastika armband/brassard (Hakenkreuzarmbinde, Kampfbinde) fitted around the left arm and tacked on with thread
  • Belt with double claw open buckle and crossbelt
  • Pistol holster
  • Calf-length breeches (riding pants with extra width in the thigh area (Breecheshosen, Reit- bzw. Stiefelhosen)
  • Black knee-high jackboots (Schaftstiefeln)

etc.

• NSKK-Mann (private of the NSKK) in ceremonial dress (full dress/parade uniform) with crash helmet (NSKK-Mann vom Motorsturm 2/M12 im grossen Dienstanzug mit Sturzhelm)
  • Padded crash helmet in painted black leather, with a small visor, chin strap and neck flaps (Sturzhelm; schwarzer Ledersturmhelm mit umlaufendem Ring- und Kammwulst, seitlich mit Lüftungslöchern, vorn der aufgelegte Adler, mit gelaschtem Lederfutter, Ohrenschutz und Kinnriemen mit Schnalle). The helmet was worn while driving an open-topped car or a motorbike, at parades, ceremonies and rallies. The helmet type was originally used by pilots under World War I, adopted by the Motor SA circa 1928 and later by the NSKK with the addition of a large metal swastika-and-eagle insignia (the Party Eagle, Parteiadler, the stylised German imperial eagle during Nazi rule with its head turned to its left wing) and the NSKK banner.
  • Brown (khaki) shirt (blouse) with turn-down collar and pleated breast pockets with scalloped button flaps and
  • Shoulder strap (epaulette) on the right shoulder with cords etc. denoting class of rank and Motorgruppe locality
  • Brown (khaki) necktie
  • Rectangular collar patches/tabs (Kragenspiegel); the right showing the number, type and locality of unit, the left containing rank insignia. See "SA Collar Tab and Shoulder Board Identification Guide" at GermanDaggers.com.
  • NSKK eagle and swastika emblem machine-woven in white onto a cloth badge sewn to lower right sleeve
  • Nazi Party swastika armband/brassard
  • Nazi Party membership badge on necktie
  • Belt with double claw open buckle and crossbelt
  • NSKK service dagger with scabbard and hanging strap, similar to that of SA, but with black scabbard, see "Dagger Guide" at Germandaggers.com.
  • Black calf-length riding breeches
  • Black knee-high jackboots

etc.

The National Socialist Motor Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps,NSKK), was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party in Germany from 1931 until 1945. The NSKK members trained in the operation and maintenance of automobiles, trucks and motorcycles. They soon became involved with training recruits for the German Army's armoured and motorised arms and during World War II NSKK augmented Army and Air Force transport assets. From 1944 it became a dedicated transport corps, but was disbanded with the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945.

The rank system and insignia of the NSSK were based closely on those of the SA (Sturmabteilung), of which the NSKK was originally a part. The NSKK members also wore similar uniforms and insignia; the uniform of a SA member was principally a brown shirt (the members were called "brownshirts", Braunhemden), a Swastika armband (Hakenkreuzarmbinde) and a kepi cap (Schaftmütze). The SA-style kepi of the NSKK had a black top and brown (khaki) sides (Steife Schaftmütze aus olivbraunem Gabardinetuch, schwarzer Mützendeckel)

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• Issued by the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Reichsorganisationsamt (The National Organization Office of the National Socialist German Workers' Party) under its leader Robert Ley (1890–1945, Reichsorganisationsleiter, head of the party organization).
• Published by Zentralverlag der NSDAP/Franz Eher Nachfolger in Munich, Germany.
• German language.
• Fraktur style letters.
• No known copyright restrictions.
• Brightened version of low resolution scan (digitized by Google Books)