Seniority
The rank seniority (in short: RDA ) previously often, patent called, marked the date at which an officer with his rank in the official seniority list has been entered. This date had a considerable influence on the order of the promotions in a ranking system based on the principle of anciency . The date of seniority could differ greatly from the actual date of a promotion (pre-patenting).
- example
List of general staff officers, officers assigned to the general staff and officers of the junior general staff training (excerpt).
| Serial No. |
Rank | RDA | Surname | Service position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Colonel General | 7/19/40 (8) | Heinz Guderian | Chef.GenSt.dH |
| 16. | Lieutenant General | 1.1.44 (10) | Hans Speidel | FROKH. (DrP3) |
| 73. | Colonel | 1.1.44 (144a) | Reinhard Gehlen | Head of Department Department Fr. Army East in Gen. St. |
| 689 | major | 1.1.43 (21) | Hans Eberling | Gen.St. 545th Gren. Div. - Ib |
literature
- Reinhard Stumpf: The Wehrmacht Elite -Rank and Origin Structure of the German Generals and Admirals 1933–1944 , Boppard / Rhein 1982, p. 34 fn. 47
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Georg Model "The German General Staff Officer", his selection and training, in the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr, Bernard & Graf Verlag für Wehrwesen Frankfurt am Main 1968, p. 181, seniority = RDA
- ↑ Hans Georg Model "The German general staff officer," his selection and training, in Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr, Bernard & Graf Publishers for Wehrwesen Frankfurt 1968, p 202, assemblage of hand list of the General Staff officers ... .