Offiziersstellvertreter

Offiziersstellvertreter, short OStv (transl. Deputy officer), is a rank of the higher non-commissioned officers rank group (also staff NCO group) in the Austrian Armed Forces and Imperial German Army.

Austria

Deputy officer Offiziersstellvertreter
Peaked cap
Field uniform | service uniform
Country	Austria
Service branch	Austrian Armed Forces
Abbreviation	Fhr
Non-NATO rank	OR-8
Formation	1915
Next higher rank	Vizeleutnant
Next lower rank	Oberstabswachtmeister

Austria-Hungary

In 1915 the position Offiziersstellvertreter was introduced to the Austro-Hungarian armed forces, at the time being not as rank, but as an assignment. It was the intention to equalise the high number of World War I losses. Promoted were staff NCOs (Stabsfeldwebel, Stabswachtmeister, Stabsfeuerwerker, and/or Stabsoberjäger) who did have the appropriate rank at least for one month. Together with the staff NCOs the Offiziersstellvertreter formed the rank group of higher NCOs (de: higher Unteroffiziere).

Designation	Offiziersstellvertreter
Paroli
Rank description	OStv	OStv
Branch	Infantry	Rifles

Junior Rank Cadet

Austro-Hungarian armed forces rank Offiziersstellvertreter

Senior Rank Fähnrich

German Empire and Weimar Republic

The rank was created in the Imperial German Army in 1887.

See also

• Ranks of the Austrian Bundesheer
• Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army
• Military ranks of the German Empire
• Military ranks of the Weimar Republic

References

• Die Streitkräfte der Republik Österreich, 1918-1968, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Militärwissenschaftliches Institut, 1968