Unteroffiziere mit Portepee

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Unteroffiziere mit Portepee

Literally "Junior Officer with Swordknot", this is the designation for German senior non-commissioned officer

Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer , also known as an NCO or Noncom, is an enlisted rank member of an armed force who has been given authority by a officer ....
s in the German army. The name derives from earlier traditions in which senior enlisted men would carry a sword into battle. The word portepee derives from French port(e)-épée. Unteroffiziere mit portepee of the former Prussian Army were entitled to wear a sword-knot to their sabre, which was originally restricted to officers.

Ranks in this category include

and equivalents of the Waffen SS.

German non-commissioned officers were identified by the use of metallic lace (called Tresse) on the collar of the uniform jacket, as well as the edges of the shoulder straps.

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Literally "Junior Officer with Swordknot", this is the designation for German senior non-commissioned officer

Non-commissioned officer

Feldwebel
Feldwebel

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/ Wachtmeister
Oberfeldwebel / Oberwachtmeister
Hauptfeldwebel
Hauptfeldwebel

In the German military, the appointment of Hauptfeldwebel was the German equivalent of a Commonwealth Company Sergeant Major or American Company First Sergeant....
, this rank was introduced by the Bundeswehr
Bundeswehr

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after being an appointment in the Reichswehr
Reichswehr

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and Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht

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Stabsfeldwebel / Stabswachtmeister
Oberstabsfeldwebel, this rank was introduced by the Bundeswehr
Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr is the name of the unified armed forces of the Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities. The States of Germany are not allowed to maintain armed forces of their own, since the Constitution determines that matters of defense fall into the sole responsibility of the Federal government....
in 1983.

and equivalents of the Waffen SS.

German non-commissioned officers were identified by the use of metallic lace (called Tresse) on the collar of the uniform jacket, as well as the edges of the shoulder straps. Senior non-commissioned officers also used silver "stars" on the shoulder strap to differentiate between ranks; one star for a Feldwebel, two for an Oberfeldwebel, and three for a Stabsfeldwebel.