Kriegsmarine Kriegsmarine Rank Description Help Needed

[RichardT]

I need some help with the following rank description:

Verw. Ob. Gefreiter (Sv.)

I understand the Ober Gefreiter part but what do the preceding "Verw." and the "(Sv.)" abreviations mean?

I posted this in another forum and learned that the "Verw." is Verwaltungs or supply but I still don't know what th "Sv." means. Any opinion anyone?

Thanks,

Richard

[Guest Rick Research]

Could you post a scan of that original entry?

[RichardT]

Rick, below are a couple of examples from the same Fuhrungsbuch:

[Guest Rick Research]

Huh! The printed line underneath says "Verwendung in Sonderdienst," so apparently "(Sv.)" is... "Sonderverwendung."

Seems rather pointless!

This level of "administration" usually seems to have been COOKS, from what little I've seen of Kriegsmarine junior ranks.

[RichardT]

Thanks Rick.

Richard