Ranks and insignia of the German Forest Service (Nazi Germany)

The ranks and insignia of the German Forest Service were the paramilitary rank system used by the forest services in Nazi Germany.

The collar tabs and shoulder boards underlay identified the service.

Green for State Forest Service, gray for Municipal Forest Service, black for Luftwaffe and Heer Forest Service and brown for Private Forest Service.

Military style shoulderboard on a uniform tunic for a forest director of the German State Forest Service 1936 – 1937 ( Dienstrock eines Forstdirektors des Deutschen Staatsforstdienstes ).
Photo from the exhibitions in Deutsches Historisches Museum , Berlin