Imperial German Army (1887-1918)
German Empire
Imperial German Army
Deutsches Heer
1887-1918
soldat
private
Prussian - fileld artillery
EINJÄHRIGER FREIWILLIGER
one year volunteer
Saxon - Infantry
kapitulant
capitulant
Prussian - Rifle to foot
gefreiter
ptivate 1st class
Bavarian - Infantry
EINJÄHRIGER FREIWILLIGER GEFREITER
one year volunteer private 1st class
Bavarian - Infantry
KAPITULANT-GEFREITER
CAPITULANT-PRIVATE 1ST CLASS
Hessian - Infantry
OBERGEFREITER
LANCE CORPORAL (artillery only)
Prussian - Field Artillery
UNTEROFFIZIER
corporal
Prussian - Rifle to foot
Leutnant
2nd Lieutenant
Mecklenburg
FÄHNRICH
ensign
Bavarian - rifle to foot
VIZEFELDWEBEL
vice sergeant
Prussian - Rifle to foot
FÄHNRICH MIT OFFIZIER EXAMEN
ENSIGN WITH OFFICER EXAMS
Saxon - Infantry
FELDWEBEL
sergeant
Prussian - Infantry
OFFIZIERSSTELLVERTRETER
deputy officer
Prussian - Rifle to foot
FELDWEBELLEUTNANT
LIEUTENANT-SERGEANT
Bavarian - Infantry
SECONDELEUTENANT
SECOND LIEUTENANT
1988-1899
Saxon - Infantry
LEUTNANT
Lieutenant
from 1899
Bavaria - Infantry
PREMIERLIEUTENANT
first Lieutenant
1888-1899
Bavaria - Rifle to foot
OBERLEUTNANT
first Lieutenant
from 1899
Prussian - Infantry
HAUPTMANN
captain
Wuerttemberg - field artillery
major
major
Prussian - rifle to foot
OBERSTLEUTNANT
Lieutenant colonel
Hessian - Infantry
oberst
colonel
Prussian - Field artillery
generalmajor
major general
Prussian
GENERALLEUTNANT
lieutenant general
Saxon
GENERAL DER INFANTERIE
GENERAL DER ARTILLERIEgeneral
Wuerttemberg
GENERAL FELDZEUGMEISTER
colonel general
only Bavaria - until 1912
GENERALOBERST
colonel general
only Bavaria - from 1912
GENERALOBERST
colonel general
Mecklenburg Strelitz
GENERALOBERST IM RANGE EINES GENERALFELDMARSCHALL
COLONEL GENERAL IN THE RANK OF FIELD MARSHAL
Hessian - until 1911
only Bavaria from 1896
GENERALOBERST IM RANGE EINES GENERALFELDMARSCHALL
COLONEL GENERAL IN THE RANK OF FIELD MARSHAL
Wuerttemberg - from 1911
GENERALFELDMARSCHALL
FIELD MARSHAL
Prussian
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