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  • Eighteen months later he was commissioned as a leutnant, the lowest of the German officer ranks.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • Eighteen months later he was commissioned as a leutnant, the lowest of the German officer ranks.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • I think that it is not unreasonable to add back another 16 officers at the battalion level to cover the senior officers of the battalion such as the Obrist, the Obrist-leutnant, the Obrist-wachtmeister, 2 standard bearers, some kadetten junior officers and a few musicians.

    Austrian Battalion Strength in the SYW Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • I think that it is not unreasonable to add back another 16 officers at the battalion level to cover the senior officers of the battalion such as the Obrist, the Obrist-leutnant, the Obrist-wachtmeister, 2 standard bearers, some kadetten junior officers and a few musicians.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • He was talking rapidly to a young, stiff Ober-leutnant.

    The Prussian Officer and Other Stories 2003

  • The word of Folkestone's fall came as he was lecturing his leutnant on the characteristics of the Hythe beach.

    Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974

  • The native jumped up, saluted in magnificent parody, and, with an abominable accent, shouted, "Hallo, Unter - leutnant!"

    The Heirs of Babylon Cook, Glen 1972

  • Kapitan Schwalbe and his Unter-leutnant had likewise vanished.

    The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson 1917

  • "Me Hermann Rix, Ober-leutnant of unterseeboot," he announced.

    The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson 1917

  • "Are you sure they haven't a couple of quick-firers mounted aft, sir?" asked the Unter-leutnant.

    The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson 1917

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