Generalarzt

Generalarzt (short: GenArzt or GA) is the designation of a military rank as well as the official title in German speaking armed forces. It is equivalent to the "Admiralarzt" / "Generalapotheker" and Brigadegeneral / Flottillenadmiral.
Bundeswehr.
Generalarzt, Admiralarzt, Generalapotheker, and Admiralapotheker are the lowest general ranks of the Joint Medical Service or the military medical area of the Bundeswehr.
Promoted to that senior rank might be assignments or appointments as follows:
Equivalent to this one-star rank (NATO-Rangcode OF-6) are Brigadegeneral (en: Brigadier general) of the Heer or Luftwaffe, and the Flottillenadmiral (en: Flotilla admiral) of the Marine.
Address.
The manner of formal addressing of military surgeons with the rank Generalarzt" (OF6, one-star), "Generalstabsarzt" (OF7, two stars) or "Generaloberstabsarzt" is, „Herr/Frau Generalarzt“. At the other hand, military surgeons with the rank "Admiralarzt" (OF6, one-star), "Admiralstabsarzt" (OF7, two stars) or "Admiraloberstabsarzt" is, „Herr/Frau Admiralarzt“. Military persons with the rank "Generalapotheker" (OF6, one-star), will be addressed „Herr/Frau Generalapotheker“, and with the rank "Admiralapotheker" (OF6, one-star), will be addressed „Herr/Frau Admiralapotheker“. "
Rank insignias.
On the shoulder straps (Heer, Luftwaffe) there is one golden star in golden oak leaves and the career insignia (de: Laufbahnabzeichen) as symbol of the medical standing, or course of studies. Regarding the Marine, the career insignia is in the middle of both sleeves, tree cm above the cuff strips, and on the shoulder straps between strips and button.
Wehrmacht 1933 – 1945.
"Generalarzt" of the "Wehrmacht" was comparable to the Generalmajor (OF-6, one star), as well as to the Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS.
In line to the so-called Reichsbesoldungsordnung (en: Reich's salary order), appendixes to the Salary law of the German Empire (de: Besoldungsgesetz des Deutschen Reiches) of 1927 (changes 1937 – 1940), the comparative ranks were as follows: C 3
Comparative military ranks.
Kriegsmarine.
Rank designations of the Kriegsmarine as to Match 30, 1934, are contained in the table below.
Germany before 1933.
In Germany before 1933 "Generalstabsarzt" was normally the chief of the medical service of an Army corps (Corps surgeon, de: Korpsarzt), and in some cases of a Division (Division surgeon, de: Divisionsarzt).
In Prussian Army "Generalarzt", in sense of "general surgeon" as a staff position, was a senior military official (de: oberer Militärbeamter) with a definite rank, in the first instance Major (OF3). Since 1856 he could rise to Oberstleutnant (OF4) or even to Oberst (OF5). Senior "Generalstabsärzte" were often promoted to Generalmajor.
Equivalent authority, mandate and competence were with the "Admiralarzt" of the Imperial German Navy. Regular assignments to that staff position were the "Medical Offices" on Baltic Sea and North Sea, e.g. Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. An Admiralarzt of the Navy's Medical corps could normally be promoted up to the OF5-rank Kapitän zur See.