Offiziersstellvertreter
Austrian and former German military rank
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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[1] |
| 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).
| 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.
