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Rank insignias as worn by the Austro-Hungarian Land Forces after the reorganisation in 1867 until 1918

1 Ranks
- 1.1 Note
2 Collar rank insignias
- 2.1 Note
3 Examples
4 Sources

[edit] Ranks

Ranks within the Austro-Hungarian Land Forces
German	Hungarian	US equivalents
Troops
Soldat / Jäger / Schütze / Kanonier	Honvéd	Private /Rifleman / Gunner / Lancer / et cetera.
Gefreiter	Őrvezető	Private First Class
Non Commissioned Officers
Korporal	Tizedes	Corporal
Zugsführer	Szakaszvezető	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Feldwebel	Őrmester	Master Sergeant
Stabs-Feldwebel (since 1913)	Törzsőrmester	Sergeant Major
Offiziersstellvertreter (since 1915)	Tiszthelyettes	Chief Warrant Officer
Officer Aspirants
Kadett-Offiziersstellvertreter (until 1908)	Hadapród-Tiszthelyettes	Cadet Deputy Officer
Kadett (since 1908)	Hadapród	Cadet
Fähnrich (since 1908)	Zászlós	Officers-Candidate
Officers
Leutnant	Hadnagy	Lieutenant
Oberleutnant	Főhadnagy	First Lieutenant
Hauptmann (Rittmeister in the cavalry)	Százados	Captain
Major	Őrnagy	Major
Oberstleutnant	Alezredes	Lieutenant-Colonel
Oberst	Ezredes	Colonel
Generalmajor	Vezérőrnagy	Major-General
Feldmarschallleutnant	Altábornagy	Lieutenant-General
General der Infanterie	Gyalogsági Tábornok	General of the Infantry
General der Kavallerie	Lovassági Tábornok	General of the Cavalry
Feldzeugmeister	Táborszernagy	General of the Artillery
Generaloberst (since 1915)	Vezérezredes	Colonel-General
Feldmarschall	Tábornagy	Field-Marshal (General of the Army)

[edit] Note

The ranks displayed after the "/" are the Hungarian equivalents of the Austrian ranks, since they were used in this format in the Magyar Királyi Honvédség (Royal Hungarian Home Defence Forces).

[edit] Collar rank insignias

Private	Private first class Railroad regiment	Corporal Mountain Support Squad	Sergeant/Staff-Sergeant
Master-Sergeant Battle dress	Sergeant-Major	Cadet	Cadet Deputy Officer
Chief Warrant officer Battle dress	Officers candidate	Lieutenant Border Infantry Corps	First Lieutenant Danube River Flottila
Captain	Major	Lieutenant-Colonel	Colonel Battle dress
Major-General	Lieutenant-General	General of the Infantry/Cavalry/Artillery	Colonel-General
Field-Marshall

[edit] Note

The embroideries of the collars of the ranks Major to Colonel were always in the same color as the tunic buttons (silver/gold). The rank stars were converse (silver embroidery - golden star(s))
The ranks Lieutenant to Captain had stars in the same color as the tunic buttons.

[edit] Examples

Private first class Infantry	Corporal Hussars	Sergeant Infantry	Master-Sergeant Dragoons
Sergeant-Major Support and Transportation	Officers candidate Infantry	Lieutenant Artillery	First Lieutenant Infantry
Captain Lifeguard cavalry	Colonel Dragoons	Major-General Hussars	Field-Marshall Gala tunic