Military doctors of the Prussian Army

The number and ranks of the military doctors in the Prussian Army grew as the army increased in the course of the German Wars of Unification and the establishment of the German Empire .

Rank and income

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1828

Medical batch	Comparison rank	Annual salary ( Taler )	number
General Staff Doctor	Colonel	2500	1
General doctor	major	1500	4th
Chief Medical Officer	Major Hauptmann	1200 1000	15 76
Medical officer	Prime Lieutenant	600	10
Battalion doctor	Second lieutenant Second lieutenant	500 400	24 12
Company surgeon	./.	110	821

1868

Medical batch	Comparison rank	Annual salary (Taler)	number
General Staff Doctor	Major general	3000	1
General doctor	Lieutenant colonel	1800	14th
Chief Medical Officer	Major Hauptmann	1300 1100	52 155
Medical officer	Captain captain captain	800 600 500	70 107 140
Assistant doctor	First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant	360 300	226 397
Sub-doctor	Portepee NCO	?	415

1874

Medical batch	Comparison rank	Annual salary ( mark )	number
General Staff Doctor	Major general	9000	1
General doctor	Major General Colonel	7800 6600	4 12
Chief Medical Officer	Major major	4800 3600	58 186
Medical officer	Captain	2160	337
Senior physician	First lieutenant	1080	251
Assistant doctor	lieutenant	900	432
Sub-doctor	Ensign	?	?

1909

Medical batch	Comparison rank	Annual salary (mark)	number
General Staff Doctor	Lieutenant General	13,554	1
Senior General Physician	Major general	10,260	5
General Senior Physician	Lieutenant colonel	6552	70
Chief Medical Officer	major	6552	379
Medical officer	Captain	5100 4600 3400	528
Senior physician	First lieutenant	2400 2100	913 1
Assistant doctor	lieutenant	1700
Sub-doctor	Ensign	?	?

¹ including assistant doctors

Uniforms

Since 1851, the military doctors Prussia brought in the officer rank in 1808 carried the row blautuchenen tunic with red push on dark blue collar and Armaufschlägen, gray cloth trousers with crimson stripes. The epaulettes were decorated with a wreath and silver-black braid on a dark blue base (pharmacist: cornflower blue). Litz wires on the collar and stars on the epaulettes were badges of rank. Military doctors wore swords with portepee and pointed helmets, as well as a blue cloth cap with red edging.

See also

• Batch badge (military)
• German Army (German Empire)
• Ranks of the medical officers of the German navies

literature

• Peter Kolmsee : Under the sign of Aesculapia. An introduction to the history of the military medical service from the very beginning to the end of the First World War . Contributions to military medicine and military pharmacy, vol. 11. Beta Verlag, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-927603-14-7 , p. 250.

Web links

• Association of Historical Uniforms of the German Empire 1871–1918 e. V.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andreas H. Mahnken : The "Berlin Military Medical Society". In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 17, 1998, pp. 439-448, here: p. 439.
2. ^ Friedrich Herrmann: The uniform of the medical services of the German armed forces from the 18th century to 1918 . Contributions to military medicine and military pharmacy, Bonn 1989.