Oberstarzt


Oberstarzt is a military rank in German speaking armed forces. It denotes a medical staff officer surgeon or medical staff officer dentist and is comparable to Colonel or Captain NATO-Rangcode OF5 in anglophone armed forces.

Germany

Bundeswehr

In the Joint Medical Service of the German Bundeswehr
Oberstarzt, Oberstapotheker, and Oberstveterinär are comparable in NATO to the OF-5 rank Oberst; Flottenarzt, and Flottenapotheker are equivalent to Kapitän zur See, 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" holds the rank Oberstveterinär.

Rank insignias

On the shoulder straps there are three silver stars in silver oak leaves and the career insignia as symbol of the medical standing, or course of studies. The piping on shoulder straps shows the Waffenfarbe, 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.

junior Rank
Oberfeldarzt
Flottillenarzt
Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr#Commissioned officers |German medical officer rank
Oberstarzt
Flottenarzt		senior Rank
Generalarzt
Admiralarzt

Wehrmacht

Oberstarzt of the German Wehrmacht was comparable to the Oberst, as well as to the Standartenführer and Oberst of the Waffen-SS. In line to the so-called , appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire of 1927, the comparative ranks were as follows: C 4
During wartime, regular assignments of Oberstarzt was Division surgeon – IVb.
The corps colour of the military Health Service Support in German armed forces was traditional dark blue, 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 and Kriegsmarine HSS was.
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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 of Austria-Hungary there was the rank Oberstabsarzt 1. Klasse until 1918, equivalent to Oberstarzt in Germany. That particular rank was comparable to the Oberst OF5-rank as well. There was also a rank Oberstabsarzt 2. Klasse.

Officers with that rank