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Standartenführer was a Nazi party paramilitary rank that was
used in several Nazi organizations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and
the NSFK.[1][2] First founded as a title in 1925, in 1928 the
rank became one of the first commissioned Nazi ranks and was
bestowed upon those SA and SS officers who commanded units known
as Standarten which were regiment-sized formations of between
three hundred and five hundred men.[1]  In 1929 the rank of
Standartenführer was divided into two separate ranks known as
Standartenführer (I) and Standartenführer (II). This concept was
abandoned in 1930 when both the SA and SS expanded their rank
systems to allow for more officer positions and thus the need
for only a single Standartenführer rank.  In 1933, when Adolf
Hitler came to power in Germany, the rank of Standartenführer
had been established as the greatest field-officer rank, lesser
than that of Oberführer of the SS and S