A also wore a plaque with three red over three blue, or a line of two red squares, or a line of four blue followed by two red.
However, it was possible to put a functional into a rank plaque.
Gauleiters and Reichsleiters also outranked all other Party members, regardless of standard Nazi Party ranks.
However, in all subsequent issues, up until in , he wore a plaque with three red over three blue.