Assistenzarzt (military)
Assitenzarzt (short: AArzt or AA) was a military rank in the Austrian-Hungary Common Army until 1918 and in German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht until 1945. It describes a qualified or licensed surgeon or dentist comparable to 2nd lieutenant (de: Leutnant) or sub-lieutenant lieutenant (de: Leutant zur See) NATO-Rangcode OF1b in anglophone armed forces. Germany. Wehrmacht. In the German Wehrmacht from 1933 until 1945 there were the OF1b-ranks "Assitenzarzt" (physician), "Assitenzapotheker" (pharmacologist), and "Assitenzveterinär" (veterinary), comparable to the "Leutnant/Second lieutenant" OF1b-rank. During wartime, the regular assignment of "Assitenzarzt" was the management of a "battalion  dressing station" (de. Truppenverbandsplatz), supported by help surgeons (de: Hilfsärzte). However, a battalion dressing station could be managed by an "Oberarzt" (OF1a) as well. 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 8/C 9 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 Military Health System in German armed  forces was traditional , 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 HSS was . Address. The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons/dentists with the rank "Assitenzarzt" was, "Herr Assitenzarzt"; with the rank "Marineassistenzarzt" - "Herr Marineassisgtenzarzt". Austria-Hungary. In the Austria-Hungarian Common Army (de: Gemeinsame Armee or k.u.k. Armee) there were the OF1b-ranks "Assitenzarzt" and "Assitenztierarz" until 1918. That particular ranks were comparable to the "Leutnant/2nd lieutenant" OF1b-rank as well.