Officer deputy
.svg){kind=small} - Deputy Officers - |
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   Suit 75/03 | Skirt collar | Plate cap |
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| Rank group | Staff sergeants |
| NATO rank code | OR-8 |
| Rank Army / Air Force | Officer deputy |
| Marine rank | none |
| Abbreviation (in lists) | OStv |
| Grade | ... |
Officer Deputy (OStv) is the second highest rank for higher NCOs ( staff NCOs ) of the Austrian Armed Forces . Two white stripes and three six-pointed white stars are worn as badges. Officer deputies are used as platoon commanders . The rank was the highest non-commissioned officer rank that regular soldiers of the old type (i.e. before the introduction of the MZ = temporary military personnel ) could achieve (for promotion to vice lieutenant, a total service period of at least 15 years is necessary; after that, for regular soldiers of the old type, only a maximum obligation period of 15 years was possible, these temporary soldiers could never achieve the minimum total service time necessary for the vice lieutenant).
In the German Federal Armed Forces , the officer deputy corresponds roughly to the rank of senior staff sergeant .
In the army of the German Empire , however, the position was a position , not a rank, and in 1920 it was permanently deleted. The spelling in Germany was without joint marks , so with just an "s": Officer Deputy [OffzStv] (see below).
Austria-Hungary (until 1918)
The post of deputy officer was introduced in the Austro-Hungarian Austro-Hungarian Army in 1915 , at that time still as a service position . The officers' deputies were supposed to replace the high losses of subaltern officers in the First World War . To this end were promoted ( staff sergeants , staff sergeants and staff fireworkers) who had previously held their rank for at least one month. Together with the staff sergeants, the deputy officer formed the rank group of the higher sergeants.
A distinction is to be made between the officer deputy and the "cadet officer deputy " (outdated: Cadet (en) officer deputy ). This officer candidate ranked immediately behind the subordinate officers and, until 1891, marked those graduates from the cadet schools who had passed their training with "very good". After 1891 - with a few exceptions - all graduates of the cadet schools joined the troops as "cadet officers' representatives". The rank was renamed to ensign in 1908 .
Uniform and rank badge
The badge of rank ("Distinction") was the sergeant-major border on the collar ends, on which the ensign star made of brass. Since 1871, the service badge has been the map pocket (both made of blackened leather) worn on a waist strap.
The bare officer's sidearm adorned the yellow and black portepee of the NCOs, but in a silk design. The officer's cap was allowed as headgear for barracks and field service as well as for the exit, with the decorations (rose or "cockade", loop clip and cord) made of imperial yellow, black incised silk (instead of gold web). The shako (foot troops, artillery, hussars) or the helmet (lancers, dragoons) of the sergeants and sergeants were required for parades as well as on Sundays and public holidays, with the imperial yellow distinctive border made of sheep's wool (from 1908 made of silk). The borderless dragoon helmet was an exception: the indiscriminate version for cadet officer deputies and sergeants featured a triple corrugation of the upper edge of the helmet crest, which was bent downwards to the side ("comb rail").
In 1908 the rank was renamed to ensign . If the cadet officer deputy was still a NCO, the ensign was now considered an "officer of the soldier class".
German Empire and Weimar Republic
In the German army of the imperial era, the position of deputy officer (spelling without fugue-s ) was created as early as 1887. The officer deputy ranked before the budget sergeant and behind the lieutenant or sergeant . After the end of the war or upon dismissal, the downgrade to the old rank was planned. The salutation was always "Vice Sergeant" or "Sergeant".
Active deputy sergeants and sergeants could be appointed after at least four years of impeccable leadership, soldiers on leave after eight years. Later non-commissioned officers and sergeants were also able to obtain service; at the time of their appointment they were to be promoted to the rank of Vice Sergeant. The number of deputy officers was initially unregulated, but has been limited to two posts per company since the middle of the First World War.
In the so-called Peace Army and the Provisional Reichswehr in 1919, the officers' deputies (evidently now a rank) formed a separate class for a short time. Similar to the deck officers , albeit in front of them , they now stood between the NCOs and officers - together with the junior doctors, sub-veterinarians, music masters and senior music masters . With the renaming to Oberfeldwebel at the beginning of 1920, the deputy officers were hived off from the above-mentioned rank class and the downgrading to the rank group of NCOs with Portepee .
Uniform and rank badge
Until January 1919, the officers' deputies wore the uniform of the Vice Sergeant of the "Old Army", but the armpit flaps were additionally bordered with metal-colored NCOs on the sides and top. From January to May 1919, the officers' deputies put on the new rank insignia of the peace army : four horizontal strips of fabric made of light blue cloth on the left forearm. In May 1919, the NCOs of the Provisional Reichswehr were ordered to wear silver-colored angles, which were to be worn on both sleeves with the point down. The officer deputy marked out four angles, the tip of the lowest ending in a simple loop.
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Lower rank of senior staff sergeant |
Rank officer deputy |
Senior Vice Lieutenant |
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Classification: recruits - batches - NCOs - officers All ranks at a glance: Army ranks |
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