Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Order of the Federal President on the rank designations and the uniform of the soldiers |
| Short title: | Soldiers rank and uniform AO |
| Abbreviation: | BPresUnifAnO |
| Type: | arrangement |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Issued on the basis of: | Section 4 (3) SG |
| Legal matter: | Military law |
| References : | 51-1-8 |
| Original version from: | May 7, 1956 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 422 ) |
| Entry into force on: | May 28, 1956 |
| Last revision from: | July 14, 1978 ( BGBl. I p. 1067 ) |
| Entry into force of the new version on: |
July 26, 1978 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 1 AO dated May 31, 1996 ( BGBl. I p. 746 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
June 8, 1996 (Art. 2 AO of May 31, 1996) |
| Weblink: | Text of the BPrasUnifAnO |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
With the presidential order on rank designation and uniform of soldiers ( BPräsUnifAnO ) regulates in Germany the Federal President , the grade names and the principles of rank insignia and appearance of the uniforms of the soldiers of the Bundeswehr .
For this purpose, the arrangement is divided into two articles:
The article 1 defines the grade designations of the officers (Section I), NCOs (Section II) and teams (Section III).
The Article 2 defines the basic look of the uniforms of the army in two paragraphs:
- Paragraph 1, which basically regulates the general identification and how to wear it (Section I), the types of suits (Section II) and the rank badges (Section III), and
- Paragraph 2, which entrusts the Federal Minister of Defense with the further design of the soldiers' uniforms - implemented by the latter in the Central Service Regulation A2-2630 / 0-0-5 Dress Code for the Soldiers of the Bundeswehr .
