This document was designed to provide a ready reference manual for intelligence personnel in combat operations. Sections include: the German order of battle; the German Army, Air Force, and Navy; police, semi-military, and political organizations; and traffic signs.

Cover title. On p. iii : War Dept. "Prepared at the Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Maryland."--Foreword.

Section I. General. Identification of German military and semi-military organizations -- Section II. German order of battle. Definition -- Purpose and scope -- Section III. The German Army (Das Deutsche Heer). Uniforms and equipment -- German Army identifications of specialists -- Colors of arms of service (Waffenfarbe) -- Enlisted men (Mannschaften) -- Noncommissioned officers (Uterofliziere) -- Officers (Offiziere) -- German identification tag (Erkennungsmarke) -- "Wehrmacht" officials (Wehrmachtbeamte) -- "Ersatz" system -- Pay book (Soldbuch) -- Section IV. The German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Uniform and insignia -- Colors of arm of service (Waffenfarben) -- Special uniforms and insignia -- Insignia of rank - flying uniform -- Insignia of flying personnel of German Luftwaffe and Army -- Corps of Engineers -- Corps of Navigational experts -- Medical Corps -- Musicians -- Section V. The German Navy (Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine). General -- Insignia of rank of Navy (Dienstgradabzeichen der Kriegsmarine) -- Section VI. Police, semimilitary and political organizations (Deutsche Polizei, Halbmilitarische und Politische Verbande). German police (Deutsche Polizei) -- Semimilitary and political organizations -- Uniforms of armed SS (Waffen SS) -- Insignia of rank of the National Labor Service (Dienstgradabzeichen des Reichsarbeitsdienstes R.A.D.) -- National Socialist Organizations (National sozialistische Organisationen) -- Insignia of rank of SA, SS, and of the NSKK (Dienstgradabvzeichen der SA< SS< und der NSKK) -- Insignia on uniform of the German police (Uniform-Abzeichen der Deutschen Polizei) -- Command post flags (Kommondoflaggen) -- Field insignia and flags of the National Socialist German Labor Party (Feldzeichen und Fahnen der NSDAP) -- Insignia of rank of Hitler Youth (Dienstgradabzeichen der Hitlerjugend) -- Rank insignia of the political leaders (Dienstgradabzeichen der Politischen Leiter) -- Appendix. Traffic signs (Verkehrszeichen).