StGefr, on lists SG) is the second highest rank of enlisted men in the German Bundeswehr,[1] which might be comparable to Corporal (OR-4) in Anglophone armed forces.

[citation needed] This rank was shown by the so-called sergeant's button on the collar and the NCO Portepee on the sword.

[citation needed] In the early German Reichswehr the ranks of Gefreiter and "Obergefreiter" were both indicated by one identical horizontal 9 mm Tressenstreifen" (lace stripe) on both upper arms of the uniform jacket.

[citation needed] Regarding[clarification needed] regular 12 years duty time from 1921 onwards, the newly introduced ranks of enlisted men (Oberschütze (1st/Senior rifleman) and Stabsgefreiter (Staff Gefreiter) were indicated by angular cuff chevrons on the left upper arm.

A soldier of the German Bundeswehr might be promoted from OR1 Soldat (en: private) to Stabsgefreiter OR4b after a regular service time of 36 months.