md F. b.
The abbreviation m. d. F. b. (typographically correct with spaces) stands for tasked with guiding . It is used in correspondence for people who only hold a management position temporarily.
history
The abbreviation originally comes from military language and writing and can be proven from 1914 at the latest. It was used in the Imperial Army , the Reichswehr , the Wehrmacht and the National People's Army . During National Socialism, it was also used by other military and paramilitary organizations and the NSDAP .
In the imperial army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, officers who were given a position that did not correspond to their rank were assigned to lead. The addition was omitted when the relevant rank was reached. The assignment was made for military leadership positions from the battalion level . In the National People's Army, officers were given responsibility for leadership when the officer actually intended to fill the post was not available, and were released from leadership after the vacancy ended. A promotion during the performance of the management task did not take place. As a rule, assignments for posts were made by commanders and chiefs of staff from division upwards.
The officer in question signed with the addition mdFb in military correspondence . This is to be distinguished from the drawing with the addition i. V. (on behalf).
See also
- m. d. W. d. G. b. (entrusted / entrusted with the maintenance / execution of business)
literature
- Heinz Koblischke: Large book of abbreviations: Abbreviations, abbreviations, signs, symbols , VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1985
- Reinhard Stumpf: The Wehrmacht elite: rank u. Origin structure d. German generals a. Admirals 1933–1945 , in: Wehrwissenschaftliche Forschungen: Dept. Military History. Studies, 29. Boppard am Rhein: Boldt 1982. ISBN 978-3-7646-1815-5
- Kurt-Georg Klietmann: The Waffen SS. A documentation , Verlag Der Freiwillige , Osnabrück 1965
- Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke: The generals and admirals of the NVA: a biographical manual , Ch. Links-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-86153-438-9