Honor plaque of the Feld-Luftgau region XXV
The plaque of honor of the Feld-Luftgaues XXV was a non-wearable award of the German Air Force during the Second World War , which was donated by General der Flieger Albert Vierling in his capacity as Commanding General and Commander of the Luftgau XXV in 1943.
The plaque, made of white bisque porcelain , looks like a ceramic tile at first glance and is 120 × 120 mm in size. It shows on its front, resting in a central square, the imperial eagle over two crowned city coats of arms. Which two cities the coats of arms symbolize can only be guessed at because of the thin evidence. Presumably it is Kharkov and Rostov . The background could be the merging of the Luftgau Charkow and the Luftgau Rostow to Feld-Luftgau XXV, which took place in April 1943. The inscription (beginning at the top): FOR SPECIAL PROMOTION 1942 LUFTGAU ROSTOW can be read around the central square . The outer edge of the badge is marked by the inscription (beginning on the left): DER KOMMANDIERENDE GENERAL u. COMMANDER IN THE LUFTGAUKOMMANDO ROSTOW-FLGKDO.XXV dominates.
The back of the badge shows in the middle again a central square with the geographical outlines of southern Russia with the words UKRAINE , CRIME and CAUCASIA . The city names are around this central square: MAIKOP . STALINGRAD . KERTSCH . To read STALINO . The outer edge of the plaque, however, shows the city names: DNJEPROPETROWSK . SEWASTOPOL . NOWOROSSISK . KRASSNODAR . The plaque was presented to the recipient in an artificial leather-covered cassette in the color of pilot blue .
Individual evidence
- ^ Klaus D. Patzwall : The non-wearable medals and plaques of the air force 1935-1945 ( studies on the history of awards 5). Patzwall, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-04-5 , pp. 42-44.