 The rank was held by those "Oberführer" who were selected to command the early SA-brigades first formed in 1929.There was no prescribed insignia for those holding the rank, with the "Untergruppenführer" continuing to wear the uniform of an SA-"Oberführer".The rank of "Untergruppenführer" was replaced by SA-"Brigadeführer" in 1931 but continued as an "ad hoc" title in the SA until 1933.