The Military ranks of the Weimar Republic were the military ranks used by the Reichswehr.
Military ranks of the Peacetime Army (1919)[]
Commissioned officers[]
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| General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant Feldwebelleutnant | |
Enlisted personnel[]
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| Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel | Fähnrich Sergeant |
Unteroffizier | Gefreiter | Soldat | |
Military ranks of the Provisional Reichswehr (1919–1920)[]
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| General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | Feldwebelleutnant | |
Enlisted personnel[]
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| Offizierstellvertreter | Feldwebel | Vizefeldwebel | Fähnrich Sergeant |
Unteroffizier | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Wehrmann | |
Military ranks of the Reichswehr (1920–1935)[]
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| General der Waffengattung | Generalleutnant | Generalmajor | Oberst | Oberstleutnant | Major | Hauptmann | Oberleutnant | Leutnant | |
 Reichsmarine
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| Vizeadmiral | Konteradmiral | Kapitän zur See | Fregatten- kapitän |
Korvetten- kapitän |
Kapitän- leutnant |
Oberleutnant zur See |
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Enlisted personnel[]
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| Oberfeldwebel | Feldwebel | Unterfeldwebel | Unteroffizier | Obergefreiter | Gefreiter | Oberschütze | Schütze |
References[]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Antique Photos1 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kidd 2013, p. 55.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Antique Photos2 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 F. A. Brockhaus 1926.
Bibliography[]
- "Uniforms and ranks of the Peacetime Army (19.01.1919-05.05.1919)". 2011. https://antique-photos.com/en/unidatabase/weimar-republic/440-friedensheer.html. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- "Ranks and insignia of the Provisional Reichswehr (05.05.1919-06.12.1920)". 2011. https://antique-photos.com/en/unidatabase/weimar-republic/438-provisional-reichswehr.html. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- "Uniformen des Reichsheers und der Reichsmarine" (in German). F. A. Brockhaus. 1926. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Reichswehr_Uniformen_1926.jpg. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- Kidd, R Spencer (2013). Military Uniforms In Europe 1900 - 2000 Volume One (Volume 1). ISBN 978-1291187441. https://books.google.dk/books?id=FE4DBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=Reichsheer+ranks&source=bl&ots=fTy3qnlvnM&sig=ACfU3U0IDaMxWvNwC3y0wzNNK5rQbinVDg&hl=da&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihn6CD3ozmAhURyaQKHRQQBMoQ6AEwGHoECAoQBA#v=onepage&q=Reichsheer%20ranks&f=false. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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 (in German). Die Deutsche Reichswehr in ihrer neuesten Bekleidung, Bewaffnung und Ausrüstung. Leipzig: Moritz Ruhl.
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