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Oberfähnrich
Heer and Luftwaffe shoulder insignia
Country	Germany
Service branch	German Army  German Air Force
Abbreviation	OFähnr
NATO rank code	OR-7
Pay grade	A 8Z
Formation	1957 (current)
Next higher rank	Stabsfeldwebel
Next lower rank	Oberfeldwebel
Equivalent ranks	Hauptfeldwebel Oberfähnrich zur See

Oberfähnrich (OFähnr or OFR) designates in the Heer of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces with the last or highest Officer Aspirant (OA – de: Offizieranwärter) rank. According to the salary class it is equivalent to the Portepeeunteroffizier ranks Hauptfeldwebel of Heer or Luftwaffe, and Hauptbootsmann of Marine.

It is also grouped as OR-7 in NATO, equivalent to Sergeant 1st Class, Master Sergeant, or Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy.

In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Oberfähnrich also informally / short Oberfähnrich.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:

• OR-9: Oberstabsfeldwebel / Oberstabsbootsmann
• OR-8: Stabsfeldwebel / Stabsbootsmann
• OFD: Oberfähnrich and Hauptfeldwebel / Oberfähnrich zur See and Hauptbootsmann
• OR-6a: Oberfeldwebel / Oberbootsmann
• OR-6b: Fähnrich and Feldwebel / Fähnrich zur See and Bootsmann

• Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr