Gefreiter facts for kids

Gefreiter is a German, Swiss and Austrian military rank. The rank of Gefreiter is usually the second rank or grade to which an enlisted soldier, airman or sailor could be promoted. As a military rank it has existed since the 16th century. From the 1920s on, Gefreiter has expanded into several additional ranks, those being Obergefreiter, Hauptgefreiter, Stabsgefreiter and Oberstabsgefreiter.

A similar military rank also exists in Russia ("Ефрейтор"; yefreytor, efreitor), Ukraine ("Єфрейтор"; yefreytor, efreitor), Belarus and in the former Soviet Union.

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  Illustration - Gefreiter uniform tunic rank insignia description of the 10th Hanoverian Jaeger Battalion (Hannoversches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 10), Light Infantry, Royal Prussian Army.

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  Epaulette Yefreytor of the 3rd Lancer Smolensk Emperor Alexander III Regiment (1908)
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  Shoulder insignia Yefreytor to Imperial Russian Army (until 1917)
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  Pogon Yefreytor (lance corporal) the of Russian Life Guards Uhlan Regiment (1914)
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  Gorget insignia to gymnastyorka yefreytor RA (1940−1943)
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  Shoulder board yefreytor Air Force RA (1943−1955) and SA (1946-1955)
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  Kursant Service uniform with OR-3 rank yefreytor of the Air Force or Airborne Troops (1994–2010)
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  Service uniform yefreytor of the Army and SMF (1994−2010)
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  Field uniform yefreytor of the whole Armed Forces branches (2010—present)