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The cover officer was well-known as a specialist of its subject already in the Middle Ages. As an attendant, Bootsmann, later also than ammunition technician (ship artilleryman), machinist, mechanics, material managers or Torpeder (torpedo expert) advised and supported the cover officer the captain and the remaining ship officers. In Germany formed the cover officers of center 19. Century until 1938 an own rank class. The Federal Navy does not know the mechanism of the cover officer any longer.

History

Prussian navy and imperial navy

In the Prussian navy the cover officers were summarized 1860 in their own rank class, which, similarly the Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy, stood between the NCOs (leading seamen and sergeants) and the naval officers. The cover officers of the imperial navy were divided into cover officers and upper deck officers. Under jumping over the rank class of the Portepee NCOs (sergeant, Wachtmeister) suitable upper leading seamen could move up directly to cover officers. A condition was the attendance of the cover officer school in Berlin. The address of the covering and upper deck officers followed the career affiliation (e.g. "Mr. Maschinist ", "Mr. Obersteuermann "). To the rank "vice-cover officer "excluding cadets of the reserve were carried.

Realm navy and war navy

1920 took over the realm navy (1935 renamed in war navy) the mechanism of the cover officers (like the officers with a minimum service obligation obligation of 25 years), omitted however an addition of the personnel status. They formed further their own rank class, however the NCOs with Portepee were subject in the military meeting right concerning regulations. Until 1935 the bulk of the covering and upper deck officers from the service might be divorced. With order from 13 July 1938 the discharged cover officers with the rank of a technical sergeant and/or an upper being awake master were to be led. A interconnection as a Csm (rank imported to 1 October 1938) and/or as a staff technical sergeant (renaming the rank Csm with order from 16 February 1939) may be considered as probable. With outbreak of the Second World War the former cover officers became, if they were still fit for service, when again called up second lieutenant of the appropriate officer career.

Federal Navy and People's Navy

Federal Navy and People's Navy of the GDR did not take over the rank class of the cover officers. At the Federal Navy the "Bootsmann" could hold itself as general rank designation for the Portepee NCOs of all careers, at the People's Navy replaced the "master" the designation "sergeant" usual at the realm navy and war navy.

Clothing regulations

In the imperial navy the uniform of the cover officers corresponded to the sample of the officers, however without their shoulder pieces and sleeve strips. The large Gala uniform with zweispitzigem hat ("two-masted sailing boat ") remained reserving the officers, likewise the Epauletten and the silver on whose place the cover officers set over fastening ouple from black with circular metal latch. The shoulder flaps were manufactured from the basic cloth of the uniform, whereupon the career badge (e.g. unclear anchor at boat people, gear wheel with machinists), career-dependently in gold or silver metal, with the upper deck officer additionally also over it set emperor crown. The shoulder flaps of the vice-cover officer were set in in Goldtresse, in addition the career badge without emperor crown came.

On the sleeve impacts three buttons with anchor coinage were in horizontal arrangement. At the garrison cap the Offizierskokarde was carried, however instead of the oak leaves ring also over it for set emperor crown.

In the realm navy 4 cm were shoulder pieces from blue-silver flat cord network used: The internal network consisted of two dark-blue Kant cords with a silver cord between these; the edge formed one doubly put dark-blue Kant cord, as required was here also blue-silver Kant cords used. The document was from navalblue cloth and/or field-grey with the field-grey uniform. In the center of the shoulder pieces the cover officer carried the gilded career badge of the Portepeeunteroffiziere attached and among them a gilded rank star. The upper deck officer carried additionally a second rank star at the upper end of the shoulder pieces.

To the blue on-board uniform of the cover officers the blue (with black screen and leather chin belt) belonged, which, of the Portepeeunteroffizieren upward, uniformly of all ranks, including which admirals, one carried. From 1 July 1936 on took over the cover officers the new officer cap introduced to this date in the war navy, whose edge of screen was set in with Goldstickerei now. To the field-grey (land) uniform to 1 July 1933 the officer head coverage had been already granted to the cover officers at the same time with introduction of the silver cap cord (instead of the black storm belt). To the field-grey uniform the cover officers put on the gestickten collar cuffs and brown leather things of the officers.

The 4 cm of shoulder pieces existed since 1933 from blue-silver flat cord network: The internal network consisted of two dark-blue Kant cords with a silver cord between these; the edge formed one doubly put dark-blue Kant cord, as required was here also blue-silver Kant cords used. The document was from navalblue cloth and/or field-grey with the field-grey uniform. On the shoulder pieces the cover officer carried a rank star and over it the career badge; the upper deck officer, likewise career badges of the Portepeeunteroffiziere gilded two gilded rank stars with the attached between them.

At the sleeves and/or two narrow strips from gold or silver braid, over it the sewn on career badge in metal embroidery. The large uniform, Epauletten and remained further privilege of the officers.