Military rank throughout German and Austrian history
Prussian marshal's baton, awarded to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1895.
Generalfeldmarschall (German:[ɡenəʁaːlˈfɛltmaʁʃal]ⓘ; from Old High German marahscalc, "marshal, stable master, groom"; English: general field marshal, field marshal general, or field marshal; often abbreviated to Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall); 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.
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special rank of Generalfeldmarschall June 16, 1871 – Albrecht of Preußen (1809–1872), with the special rank of Generalfeldmarschall September 2, 1873...
was smaller than the Grand Cross but larger than the Iron Cross. Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard von Blücher wearing the 1813 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross...
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