Oberstarzt
Oberstarzt (OTA) 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 (naval) 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" (de: Inspizient Veterinärmedizin der Bundeswehr) holds the rank "Oberstveterinär". Rank insignias. On the shoulder straps (Heer, Luftwaffe) there are three silver stars in silver oak leaves and the career insignia (de: Laufbahnabzeichen) as symbol of the medical standing, or course of studies. The piping on shoulder straps shows the Waffenfarbe (en: corps- or troop-function colour), 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. Wehrmacht. "Oberstarzt" of the German Wehrmacht was comparable to the Oberst (OF-5), as well as to the Standartenführer and Oberst of the Waffen-SS. In line to the so-called Reichsbesoldungsordnung (en: Reich's salary order), appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire (de: Besoldungsgesetz des Deutschen Reiches) of 1927 (changes 1937 – 1940), the comparative ranks were as follows: C 4 During wartime, regular assignments  of "Oberstarzt" was "Division surgeon – IVb" (de: Divisionsarzt – IVb). The "corps colour" of the military Health Service Support (HSS) 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 . 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 (de: Gemeinsame Armee or  k.u.k. Armee) there was the rank "Oberstabsarzt 1. Klasse" (en: Senior staff surgeon 1st class) until 1918, equivalent to "Oberstarzt" in Germany. That particular rank was comparable to the "Oberst" OF5-rank (en: colonel) as well. There was also a rank "Oberstabsarzt 2. Klasse" (or "másodosztályú fõtörzsorvos" in Hungarian).