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Oberstarzt (OTA) is a military rank in German speaking
In the Imperial & Royal
armed forces
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. It denotes a medical staff officer surgeon
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or medical staff officer dentist
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and is comparable to Colonel
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(de: Oberst) or Captain (naval)
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(de: Kapitän zur See) NATO-Rangcode OF5 in anglophone
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armed forces.
Germany
Bundeswehr
In the Joint Medical Service of the GermanBundeswehr
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Oberstarzt, Oberstapotheker, and Oberstveterinär are comparable in NATO
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to the OF-5
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rank Oberst
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; Flottenarzt, and Flottenapotheker are equivalent to ''Kapitän zur See
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The rank is equal to the army rank of colonel and air force rank of group captain.
Equivalent ranks worldwide include ...
'', OF-5 as well.
Address
The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank ''Oberstarzt'' is "Herr/Frau Oberstarzt"; with the rank ''Oberstapotheker'', "Herr/Frau Oberstapotheker". Military surgeons/dentists with the rank ''Flottenarzt'' are addressed "Herr/Frau Flottenarzt"; with the rank ''Flottenapotheker'', "Herr/Frau Flottenapotheker". The "Inspector of veterinary medicine of the Bundeswehr" (de: Inspizient Veterinärmedizin der Bundeswehr) holds the rank ''Oberstveterinär''.Rank insignias
On the shoulder straps (Heer, Luftwaffe) there are three silver stars in silver oak leaves and the career insignia (de: Laufbahnabzeichen) as symbol of the medical standing, or course of studies. The piping on shoulder straps shows theWaffenfarbe
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(en: corps- or troop-function colour), corresponding to the appropriate military service, branch, or special force. The corps colour of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service is dark blue.
In the Marines, the career insignia is in the middle of both sleeves, 3 cm above the cuff strips, and on the shoulder straps between strips and button.
Wehrmacht
''Oberstarzt'' of the German Wehrmacht was comparable to theOberst
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(OF-5
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The rank scale is used for specifying posts within NATO.
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), as well as to the Standartenführer and Oberst of the Waffen-SS. In line to the so-called Reichsbesoldungsordnung (en: Reich's salary order), appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire (de: Besoldungsgesetz des Deutschen Reiches) of 1927 (changes 1937 – 1940), the comparative ranks were as follows: C 4
*Oberst (Heer and Luftwaffe)
*Kapitän zur See (Kriegsmarine)
*Oberstarzt from 1934 (medical service of the Wehrmacht)
*Flottenarzt, introduced June 26, 1935 (medical service of the Kriegsmarine)
*Oberstveterinär from 1934 (veterinarian service of the Wehrmacht)
During wartime, regular assignments of ''Oberstarzt'' was ''Division surgeon – IVb'' (de: Divisionsarzt – IVb).
The ''corps colour'' of the military Health Service Support (HSS) in German armed forces was traditional ''dark blue'', and of the veterinarian service .“War and victory 1870-71”, culture history, published by Julius von Pflugk-Harttung. (Original title: Krieg und Sieg 1870-71, Kulturgeschichte, Herausgeber Julius von Pflugk-Harttung.) This tradition was continued by the medical service corps in Heer and Luftwaffe of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht. However, the ''corps colour'' of the ''Waffen-SS'' and ''Kriegsmarine'' HSS was .
; Rank insignias:
Address
The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank ''Oberstarzt'' was, "Herr Oberstarzt"; with the rank ''Flottenarz'' - "Herr Flottenarzt".Austria-Hungary
In the Imperial & Royal Common Army
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of Austria-Hungary
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(de: Gemeinsame Armee or k.u.k. Armee) there was the rank ''Oberstabsarzt 1. Klasse'' (en: Senior staff surgeon 1st class) until 1918, equivalent to ''Oberstarzt'' in Germany. That particular rank was comparable to the ''Oberst'' OF5-rank (en: colonel) as well. There was also a rank ''Oberstabsarzt 2. Klasse'' (or ''másodosztályú fõtörzsorvos'' in Hungarian).
Officers with that rank
* Andreas Mollat (1802-1891) k. k. OberststabsarztReferences