What is "generalfeldmarschall"

thumb|upright=0.2|Replica of the marshal's baton of Generalfeldmarschall Wolfram von Richthofen

Generalfeldmarschall (; ; abbreviated to Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, the rank Feldmarschall was used. The rank was the equivalent to Großadmiral in the Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine, a five-star rank, comparable to OF-10 in today´s NATO naval forces.