Standartenführer was a
Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organizations, such as the
SA,
SS,
NSKK and the
NSFK. 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.