Fänrik
Sign in to saveFähnrich () is an officer candidate rank in the Austrian Bundesheer and German Bundeswehr. The word comes from an older German military title, (flag bearer), and first became a distinct military rank in Germany on 1 January 1899. However, ranks are often incorrectly compared with the rank of ensign, which shares a similar etymology but is a full-fledged (albeit junior) commissioned officer rank.
Key facts
- Military rank.name
- Officer cadet
- Military rank.image
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- Military rank.caption
- Heer and Luftwaffe shoulder insignia
- Military rank.caption2
- Field uniform service uniform
- Military rank.service branch
- Austrian Armed Forces
- Military rank.abbreviation
- Fähnr
- Military rank.Non NATO rank
- E-6
- Military rank.formation
- 1956
- Military rank.rank
- German NCO rank
- Military rank.NATO rank
- OR-6
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- Austria
- Austrian Bundesheer
- Austria-Hungary (until 1918)
- Denmark
- Finland
- Germany
- Bundeswehr
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- Imperial German Army
- National People's Army
- Norway
- Sweden
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Fähnrich () is an officer candidate rank in the Austrian Bundesheer and German Bundeswehr. The word comes from an older German military title, (flag bearer), and first became a distinct military rank in Germany on 1 January 1899. However, ranks are often incorrectly compared with the rank of ensign, which shares a similar etymology but is a full-fledged (albeit junior) commissioned officer rank.
In the German Landsknecht armies, recorded from ca. 1480, the equivalent rank of a Cornet existed. The cornet carried the troop standard, also known as a "cornet".