Offiziersstellvertreter, short OStv ( en: ''Officer deputy''), is a rank of the higher non-commissioned officers rank group (also staff NCO group) in the

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and Imperial German Army. ;See also Ranks of the Austrian Bundesheer

Austria-Hungaria (until 1918)

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

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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). ;See also Rank insignias of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces

German Empire and the Weimar Republic

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

References

*''Die Streitkräfte der Republik Österreich, 1918-1968'', Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Militärwissenschaftliches Institut, 1968 Military ranks of Austria {{Austria-stub