SHOW YOUR GERMAN MEDICAL OFFICER EPAULETTES

[Graf]

HI,

I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN NEW TOPIC.

I LIKE MEDICAL OFFICER EPAULETTES

HERE IS A NICE PAIR

IF YOU HAVE ANY NICE MEDICAL OFFICER EPAULETTES PLEASE LIST THEM

REGARDS

GRAF

[Chip]

I have quite a few medical officer should boards, but no epaulettes. Yours, however, are quite beautiful. If you are interested, I have a medical general's board that I could show.

Regards,

Chip

[Paul R]

Beautiful!! Is the blue material velvet?

Chip,

Please show the board!

[Graf]

Hi Chip,

Thank you for the comment Yes, by all means you can list your Shaulder Boards

Hi Paul R, The material is velvet a very fine old silk velvet I have a lower rank Epaulettes as well

They are smaller in size then the other pair I listed first

Regards

Graf

[Graf]

Hi Paul R.

Sorry, I forgot. Thank you for the comment

Graf

[Paul R]

How and one distinquish the specific rankings? Are yours for a Hauptman and the first set for an Oberst?

[Chip]

Paul,

The medical branch had different names for the doctor ranks. Starting at the bottom, there was the Unterarzt, Assistenz-Arzt, Oberarzt, Stabsarzt, Oberstabsarzt, General-Oberarzt, Generalarzt, Obergeneralarzt and Generalstabsarzt der Armee. These were equivalent to army ranks, just the names were different. There were also some wartime ranks added for doctors recalled to service (Kriegs-Assistenzarzt) and Landsturm doctors (Vertragsarzt, Landsturmpflichtiger Arzt in Assistenzarztstelle, Landsturmpflichtiger Arzt in Stabsarztstelle). There were even more ranks created during the war.

Here is an early board for the highest medical rank, Generalstabsarzt der Armee.

Chip

Edited June 11, 2012 by Chip

[Paul R]

Thanks for the info. Also, thank you for he the photo. Is the underlay cornflower blue as well?

[Graf]

Hi Chip,

It is nice and rare Shaulder Board

Thank you for the information I could have said Hauptman and Oberst, although I knew that the Doctors had their own Ranks

How do you clasify the Two Pair of Epaulettes I lhave listed

Graf

[Graf]

Hi,

This is a nice pair of Marine Medical Officer Epaulettes

They are not mine - you can see the name of the dealer who sold the Set

Graf

[Chip]

Paul,

My board has a black wool underlay. Now that I think about it, with this underlay, the rank is probably Generalstabsarzt der Marine!

Graf,

The chart in Zienert's "Unsere Marineuniform" shows two ranks that appear to wear the same epaulette with two pips and the fronds (Franzen), Marine-Stabsarzt and Marine-Oberstabsarzt II Klasse. Since the plates are black and white, I cannot tell if there is a color difference that would differentiate the two. I don't see any with the two pips without the fronds/tassels. Perhas it had something to do with the difference between Gala wear and normal dress. Only the lowest rank (Marine-Assistenzarzt) that wore an epaulette is shown without the tassels.

Chip

[Graf]

HI Chip,

Mine Epaulettes -both pairs have red back fabric

How do you clasify them in Artzt Rank and Army Unit Type

Graf