Assistenzarzt (military)


Assitenzarzt was a military rank in the Austrian-Hungary Common Army until 1918 and in German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht until 1945.
It describes a qualified or licensed surgeon or dentist comparable to 2nd lieutenant or sub-lieutenant lieutenant NATO-Rangcode OF1b in anglophone armed forces.

Germany

Wehrmacht

In the German Wehrmacht from 1933 until 1945 there were the OF1b-ranks Assitenzarzt, Assitenzapotheker, and Assitenzveterinär, comparable to the Leutnant/Second lieutenant OF2b-rank.
During wartime, the regular assignment of Assitenzarzt was the management of a battalion dressing station, supported by help surgeons. However, a battalion dressing station could be managed by an Oberarzt as well.
In line to the so-called , appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire of 1927, the comparative ranks were as follows: C 8/C 9
The piping on shoulder straps shows the Waffenfarbe, corresponding to the appropriate military service, branch, or special force. The corps colour of the Military Health System in German armed forces was traditional, and of the veterinarian service. 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 HSS was.
junior Rank
Unterarzt
Feldunterarzt
German medical officer rank
Assitenzarzt		senior Rank
Oberarzt

Address

The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank Assitenzarzt was, "Herr Assitenzarzt"; with the rank "Marineassistenzarzt" - "Herr Marineassisgtenzarzt".

Austria-Hungary

In the Austria-Hungarian Common Army there were the OF1b-ranks Assitenzarzt and Assitenztierarz until 1918. That particular ranks were comparable to the Leutnant/2nd lieutenant OF1b-rank as well.