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Commissioned officer ranks up to Oberst featured four-pointed golden stars in increasing number according to seniority, and arranged following the Soviet pattern.. Junior officer (lieutenant and captain ranks) shoulder straps were made of silver satin string (German: Silberplattschnur).
The German Army in the First World War: Uniforms and Equipment, 1914 to 1918. Militaria Verlag. ISBN 978-3950164268. Somers, Johan (2004). Imperial German Field Uniforms And Equipment 1907-1918, Volume 2. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0764322624. Somers, Johan (2007). Imperial German Field Uniforms And Equipment 1907-1918, Volume 3 ...
The Heer as the German army and part of the Wehrmacht inherited its uniforms and rank structure from the Reichsheer of the Weimar Republic (1921–1935). There were few alterations and adjustments made as the army grew from a limited peacetime defense force of 100,000 men to a war-fighting force of several million men.
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (German: Deutsches Heer [7]), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia, and was dissolved in 1919, after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I (1914–1918).
II Army Corps: 43rd (6th East Prussian) Infantry "Duke Charles of Mecklenburg" 5 May 1860: Königsberg, Pillau: I Army Corps: 44th (7th East Prussian) Infantry "Count Dönhoff" 5 May 1860: Goldap: I Army Corps: 45th (8th East Prussian) Infantry: 5 May 1860: Insterburg, Darkehmen: I Army Corps: 46th (1st Lower Silesian) Infantry "Count Kirchbach ...
East German defectors (1 C, 36 P) G. German defectors to the Soviet Union (9 P) W. West German defectors to East Germany (17 P) Pages in category "German defectors"
In 1914, besides the Guard Corps (two Guard divisions and a Guard cavalry division), there were 42 regular divisions in the Prussian Army (including four Saxon divisions and two Württemberg divisions), and six divisions in the Bavarian Army. These divisions were all mobilised in August 1914.
West German defectors to East Germany (17 P) Pages in category "Defectors to East Germany" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.