Stabsfähnrich (short: StFähnr / in lists: SFR; en: Staff-fähnrich) was a military rank in the Army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1979 to 1990.

Stabsfähnrich
sleeve badge / shoulder board
Rank insignia	NPA Fänrich rank
Utilisation	1979-1990
Rank group	Fähnrich
Army, Air Force, Navy	Stabsfähnrich
NATO equivalent	WO-3

Stabsfähnrich did belong to the autonomous "Fähnrich rank group" between commissioned officer (CO) and non-commissioned officer (NCO) ranks.^[1] The position of the "Fähnrich rank group" might have been compared to the Warrant Officer (WO) rank group in Anglophone armed forces.

The bottom up approach in that rank group was as follows:

• Fähnrich WO-1,^[2] (en: Fähnrich)
• Oberfähnrich (WO-2), (Senior-fähnrich)
• Stabsfähnrich WO-3, (Staff-fähnrich)
• Stabsoberfähnrich WO-4, (Staff-senior-fähnrich)

junior rank Oberfähnrich

(NPA rank) Stabsfähnrich

senior rank Stabsoberfähnrich

rank insignia Volksmarin

sleeve badge

shoulder board

corps colour
(naval blue)