Field marshal (Germany)

Generalfeldmarschall (English: general field marshal, field marshal general, or field marshal;  listen ; abbreviated to Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, the rank Feldmarschall was used. The rank was the equivalent to Großadmiral (English: Grand admiral) in the Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine, a five-star rank, comparable to OF-10 in today's NATO naval forces.

The title of Kaiserlich-Königlicher Feldmarschall ("imperial and royal field marshal") is used in statutes of the Holy Roman Empire to describe senior military officials.

The rank existed in the Austrian Empire as Kaiserlicher Feldmarschall ("imperial field marshal") and in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Kaiserlicher und königlicher Feldmarschall ("imperial and royal field marshal"). Both were based on usage in the Holy Roman Empire. The monarch held the rank ex officio, other officers were promoted as required. Between 1914 and 1918, ten men attained this rank, of whom four were members of the reigning Habsburg dynasty.

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