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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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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