+ Stabsfähnrich sleeve badge / shoulder board Rank insignia NPA Fänrich rank Utilisation 1979-1990 Rank group Fähnrich Army, Air Force, Navy Stabsfähnrich NATOequivalent WO-3
Stabsfähnrich (short: StFähnr / in lists: SFR; en: Staff-fähnrich) was a military rank in the Army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1979 to 1990.
Stabsfähnrich did belong to the autonomous "Fähnrich rank group" between commissioned officer (CO) and non-commissioned officer (NCO) ranks.Dictionary to the German military history, 1st edition (Liz.5, P189/84, LSV:0547, B-Nr. 746 635 0), military publishing house of the GDR (VEB) – Berlin, 1985, Volume 1, page 190, definition: Oberfähnrich. The position of the "Fähnrich rank group" might have been compared to the Warrant Officer (WO) rank group in Anglophone armed forces.
The bottom up approach in that rank group was as follows: Fähnrich WO-1,The abbreviation "WO/W" stands for " Warrant Officer, also warrant-officer ranks / de: ermächtigter Vorgesetzter / ru: уорент-офицер, между сержантами и младшими офицерами" between the rank groups CO and NCO (en: Fähnrich) Oberfähnrich (WO-2), (Senior-fähnrich) Stabsfähnrich WO-3, (Staff-fähnrich) Stabsoberfähnrich WO-4, (Staff-senior-fähnrich)
junior rank Oberfähnrich(NPA rank)Stabsfähnrich senior rank Stabsoberfähnrich
References
Glossary of German military terms