Military ranks of the Weimar Republic
The Military ranks of the Weimar Republic were the military ranks used by the Reichswehr.
Military ranks of the Peacetime Army (1919)
Commissioned officers
Generals | Officers | ||||||||
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[1] |
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General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant Feldwebelleutnant |
Enlisted personnel
NCOs | Other ranks | |||||
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[1][2] |
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Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel | Fähnrich Sergeant |
Unteroffizier | Gefreiter | Soldat |
Military ranks of the Provisional Reichswehr (1919–1920)
Commissioned officers
Generals | Officers | |||||||||
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[3] |
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General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant/ Feldwebelleutnant |
Enlisted personnel
NCOs | Other ranks | |||||||
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[3][2] |
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Offizierstellvertreter | Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel | Fähnrich/ Sergeant |
Unteroffizier | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Wehrmann |
Military ranks of the Reichswehr (1920–1935)
Commissioned officers
Generals | Officers | ||||||||
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[4] |
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General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | |
No equivalent | |||||||||
Vizeadmiral | Konteradmiral | Kapitän zur See | Fregatten- kapitän |
Korvetten- kapitän |
Kapitän- leutnant |
Oberleutnant zur See |
Leutnant zur See |
Enlisted personnel
NCOs | Other ranks | |||||||||
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[2][4] |
No insignia | |||||||||
Oberfeldwebel | Feldwebel | Unterfeldwebel | Unteroffizier | Stabsgefreiter (1927) [5] |
Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Oberschütze | Schütze |
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References
Citations
Bibliography
- Antique Photos1 (2011). "Uniforms and ranks of the Peacetime Army (19.01.1919-05.05.1919)". Antique Photos. Retrieved 28 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Antique Photos2 (2011). "Ranks and insignia of the Provisional Reichswehr (05.05.1919-06.12.1920)". Antique Photos. Retrieved 28 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- F. A. Brockhaus (1926). "Uniformen des Reichsheers und der Reichsmarine" (in German). F. A. Brockhaus. Retrieved 28 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Kidd, R Spencer (2013). Military Uniforms In Europe 1900 - 2000 Volume One (Volume 1). ISBN 978-1291187441. Retrieved 28 November 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Further reading
- Schlicht, Adolf; Kraus, Jürgen (2006). Rest, Stefan (ed.). The German Reichswehr: Uniforms and Equipment of the German Army from 1919 to 1932. Verlag Militaria. ISBN 978-3902526014.
- Saßmann, Anton. Die Deutsche Reichswehr in ihrer neuesten Bekleidung, Bewaffnung und Ausrüstung (in German). Leipzig: Moritz Ruhl.
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