Army ranks and insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army

Rank insignias as worn by the Austro-Hungarian Army after the reorganisation in 1867 until 1918

Ranks

Ranks within the Austro-Hungarian Army

German	Hungarian	US equivalents
Troops
Soldat / Jäger / Schütze / Kanonier	Honvéd	Private /Rifleman / Gunner / Lancer / et cetera.
Gefreiter	Őrvezető	Private First Class / Lance corporal
Patrouilleführer	Rifles/Landwehr/ Cavalry	Private First Class / Lance corporal
Vormeister	Artillery	Private First Class / Lance corporal
Non Commissioned Officers
Korporal	Tizedes	Corporal
Geschütz-Vormeister	Artillery	Corporal
Zugsführer	Szakaszvezető	Sergeant / Lance sergeant
Feldwebel	Őrmester	Master Sergeant / Sergeant
Wachtmeister	Cavalry	Master Sergeant / Sergeant
Feuerwerker	Artillery	Master Sergeant / Sergeant
Stabs-Feldwebel (since 1913)	Törzsőrmester	Sergeant Major
Offiziersstellvertreter (since 1915)	Tiszthelyettes	Warrant Officer
Officer Aspirants
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter (until 1908)	Hadapród-Tiszthelyettes	Officer Cadet
Kadett (since 1908)	Hadapród	Cadet
Fähnrich (since 1908)	Zászlós	Ensign
Officers
Leutnant	Hadnagy	Second Lieutenant
Oberleutnant	Főhadnagy	First Lieutenant
Hauptmann (Rittmeister in the cavalry)	Százados	Captain
Major	Őrnagy	Major
Oberstleutnant	Alezredes	Lieutenant-Colonel
Oberst	Ezredes	Colonel
Generalmajor	Vezérőrnagy	Major-General
Feldmarschalleutnant	Altábornagy	Lieutenant-General
General der Infanterie	Gyalogsági Tábornok	General of the Infantry
General der Kavallerie	Lovassági Tábornok	General of the Cavalry
Feldzeugmeister	Táborszernagy	General of the Artillery
Generaloberst (since 1915)	Vezérezredes	Colonel-General
Feldmarschall	Tábornagy	Field-Marshal (General of the Army)

Note

The ranks displayed after the "/" are the Hungarian equivalents of the Austrian ranks, since they were used in this format in the Royal Hungarian Landwehr.

Ranks and rank insignias of the Austro-Hungarian Army

The different colors of the rank patches and buttons on the tunic are the marks for identifying the infantry regiments (except Generals)

Infantry	Cavalry	Artillery	Rifles	Rank insignias	Rank insignias mountain rifles
Troops
Infanterist / Honvéd (hung.) (Private)	Dragoner Husar Ulan	Kanonier	Jäger	File:SoldatLichtdrap1.PNG	File:JägerGebirgstruppe.PNG
Gefreiter / Őrvezető (hung.) (Private 1st Class)	Gefreiter	Vormeister Főtűzer	Patrouillenführer Járőrvezető
(NCO's)
Korporal / Tizedes (hung) kapral (polish) (Corporal)	Korporal	Geschütz-Vormeister	Unterjäger
Zugsführer / Szakaszvezető (hung.) (Sergeant)	Zugsführer	Zugsführer	Zugsführer		File:ZugsführerGebirgstruppe.PNG
Feldwebel / Őrmester (hung.) (Master-Sergeant)	Wachtmeister	Feuerwerker	Oberjäger		File:K.k. Oberjäger-Gebirgstruppe.PNG
Kadett-Feldwebel / Kadétőrmester Hadapród) (Cadet-Sergeant, since 1908 Cadet)	Kadett-Wachtmeister (Kadett)	Kadett-Feuerwerker (Kadett)	Kadett-Oberjäger (Kadett)		File:K.k. Kadett Gebirgstruppe.PNG
Stabs-Feldwebel / Törzsőrmester (Sergeant-Major since 1913 - insignias until 1914)	Stabs-Wachtmeister	Stabs-Feuerwerker	Stabs-Oberjäger		File:K.k. Stabsoberjäger - 1914.PNG
Stabs-Feldwebel / Törzsőrmester (Sergeant-Major, insignias after 1914)	Stabs-Wachtmeister	Stabs-Feuerwerker	Stabs-Oberjäger		File:K.k. Stabsoberjäger.PNG
Offiziersstellvertreter (seit dem 6. Juni 1915) / Tiszthelyettes (Warrant-Officer)	Offiziersstellvertreter	Offiziersstellvertreter	Offiziersstellvertreter		File:OffzstellvGebTrp.PNG
Officers-Candidates
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter Hadapród-Tiszthelyettes (Cadet-Warrant-Officer) (until 1908)	Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter	Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter	Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter		File:Fähnrich Gebirgstruppe.PNG
Fähnrich (ab 1908) / Zászlós (Officers-Candidate) (since 1908 - replaced the CWO)	Fähnrich	Fähnrich	Fähnrich		File:Fähnrich Gebirgstruppe.PNG
Low Grade Officers
Leutnant / Hadnagy (Lieutenant)	Leutnant	Leutnant	Leutnant		File:LtGebirgstruppe.PNG
Oberleutnant / Főhadnagy (1st Lieutenant)	Oberleutnant	Oberleutnant	Oberleutnant		File:OltGebirgstruppe.PNG
Captains
Hauptmann / Százados (Captain)	Rittmeister	Hauptmann	Hauptmann	File:HptmBlassrot.PNG
Staff-Officers
Major / Őrnagy	Major	Major	Major	File:K.u.k.Major.png	File:Gebirgsmajor.png
Oberstleutnant / Alezredes (Lieutenant-Colonel)	Oberstleutnant	Oberstleutnant	Oberstleutnant	File:K.u.k. Oberstleutnant.PNG
Oberst / Ezredes (Colonel)	Oberst	Oberst	Oberst	File:K.u.k. Oberst.PNG	File:OtGebirgstruppe.PNG
Generals
Generalmajor / Vezérőrnagy (Major-General equiv. to Brigadier-General)				File:K.u.k. Genmaj.PNG
Feldmarschalleutnant / Altábornagy (Lieutenant-Field-Marshal equiv. to Major-General)
General der Infanterie Gyalogsági tábornok (General of the Infantry)	General der Kavallerie Lovassági tábornok (General of the Cavalry)	Feldzeugmeister / Táborszernagy (General of the Artillery)		File:GendInf.PNG
Generaloberst / Vezérezredes (Colonel-General) (since 1915)
Feldmarschall / Tábornagy (Field-Marshal)

Note

The embroideries of the collars of the ranks Major to Colonel were always in the same color as the tunic buttons (silver/gold). The rank stars were converse (silver embroidery - golden star(s))
The ranks Lieutenant to Captain had stars in the same color as the tunic buttons.

Examples

Corporal
Hussars

Sergeant Imperial Rifles (Kaiserjäger)

First Sergeant Hungarian Infantry

Officers candidate
Infantry

Sergeant-Major Support and Transportation

2nd Lieutenant
Infantry

Captain
Lifeguard cavalry

Captain Military Justice

Medical Doctor 1st Grade

Veterinary 1st Grade

Paymaster (Major)

Colonel
Dragoons

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Major-General
Gala

Feldmarschall Österr.-Ungarn.png

Field-Marshall
Gala tunic

See also

• Military ranks of Austria

Military ranks of Hungary

Sources

• Schriften des Heeresgeschichtlifhen Museums in Wien Das k.u.k. Heer im Jahre 1895 Edition Leopold Stocker Graz

1997 ISBN 3-7020-0783-0

• Rest,Ortner,Illming Des Kaisers Rock im 1. Weltkrieg Edition Militaria Vienna 2002 ISBN 3-9501642-0-0