English: Nazi Germany
SS uniform of a camp guard of the
Sicherheitsdienst (SD, Security Service), the intelligence agency of the SS and the Nazi Party in Germany: tunic with rank insignia of
Sturmmann on collar tabs (
Kragenspiegeln), belt buckle with SS motto
Meine Ehre heisst Treue, leather whip, sidecap with SS eagle and
Totenkopf skull badges. Also text about
Henry Oliver Rinnan in Norwegian, etc.
Originating in 1931, the SD was considered a sister organization with the Gestapo (formed in 1933) through integration of SS members and operational procedures. Between 1933 and 1939, the SD was administered as an independent SS office, after which it was transferred to the authority of the Reich Main Security Office (
Reichssicherheitshauptamt, RSHA).
The SD used SS-ranks. When in uniform they wore the grey Waffen-SS uniform with army and
Ordnungspolizei rank insignia on the shoulder straps, and SS rank insignia on the left collar patch. The right collar patch was black without the
SS runes from 1933. The branch color of the SD was toxic green. The SD sleeve diamond insignia (
SD Raute) was worn on the lower left sleeve.
Photo taken on May 8, 2019 at
Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway. The museum exhibits uniforms, militaria, memorabilia, smaller items, etc. from World War II and
German-occupied Norway 1940–1945.