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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).
Fallen Elites: The Military Other in Post-Unification Germany. Stanford University Press. 288 pages; An ethnographic study of former East German officers. Herspring, Dale Roy. Requiem for an Army: The Demise of the East German Military, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998, ISBN 978-0847687183, 249 pages; Schönbohm, Jörg (1996).
Rank comparison chart of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and enlisted personnel for all armies and land forces of European states. NCO and enlisted ranks [ edit ]
The number of personnel in paramilitary forces: armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces. The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel. The ratio per thousand inhabitants of total military (active, reserve, and paramilitary). The ratio per thousand inhabitants of active military only. As ...
Army general (German: Armeegeneral), was the highest peacetime general officer rank in the so-called armed organs of the GDR (Bewaffnete Organe der DDR ), that is, the Ministry of National Defence, the Stasi, and the Ministry of the Interior. It is comparable to the four-star rank in many NATO armed forces.
The rank structure of the German army is adjusted to the rank structure of NATO. Unlike its predecessors, the modern German Army does not use the rank of Colonel General. The highest rank for an army officer is Lieutenant General, as the rank of Full General is reserved for the Armed Forces chief of staff or officers serving as NATO officers ...
Military ranks of East Germany; Military ranks of the German Empire; Military ranks of the Weimar Republic; Rank insignia of the Bundeswehr; Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945) Ranks and insignia of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945) Ranks of the German Bundeswehr
In opposition to the ZDv 37/10, in representative military units (e.g. Guard Battalion of the MOD-Germany and Staff Military Band of the Armed Forces) for enlisted personnel and non commissioned officers the background of the basic uniform gorget patches shows the specific corps colour of the appropriate armed service, special troop, corps or ...