Crews (Mannschaften)
University forming: Crews carried grey shoulder straps with the number of the squadron or an appropriate federation with Paspelierung in the weapon color.
The badges of rank carried at the left upper sleeve, additionally was recognizable it from the collar mirrors. At the crews there were the following ranks:
- Flieger, Kanonier, Funker (Flier,...
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Ranks of the German Wehrmacht
The ranks of the armed forces were divided after the restructuring as in most modern armed forces into 3 careers. The partitioning was transferred thereby also to the entire armed services (army, Air Force, navy).
As a result of this restructuring the afterwards following careers arose:
- Mannschaften (Crews)
- Unteroffiziere (sergeants)
- Offiziere (officers)
Crews (Mannschaften)
People liable for...
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Ranks of the German army (German empire)
Up to the establishment of the first German empire there were South German states, the Grand Duchies and the individual Kingdoms of no uniform armed force and concomitantly no uniform rank designation and structuring among the sovereigns. With most smaller principalities one oriented oneself however as far as possible at that Prussian sample. Only with the...
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Definition military
What at all is military?
Military one calls with weapons equipped humans a state usually serves and tasks of outside and internal security is assigned and additionally as support forces to serve can..
The designation military (of French militaire, singular ‚that military `; Majority: ‚military `) also as synonym for a number of members of the armed...
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Ranks of the german imperial navy
The list of the ranks and remarks specified down refers to that approx. Conditions of 1914.
As is the case for the ranks of the imperial army the ranks of the navy differed likewise at the different shoulder pieces and Tressen at the sleeves. In addition further differences came like the shoulder flaps of the cover...
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