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Field Marshal (379 words) |
 | A Field Marshal (Marshall) (Ger: Feldmarschall, Sw: Fältmarskalk) is, in some nations, the highest military rank, one step above a full General; and of a comparable rank to the highest ranking General(s) in an army that does not use such the term. |
| The field marshal's special symbol was a baton, famously mentioned by Napoleon: "Every French soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack". |
| Although traditionally the British monarch is a field marshal, Queen Elizabeth is only a Lord High Admiral, and Prince Charles has indicated an unwillingness to be the only five-star officer of the military. |
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