Badge of the air district Kharkov
The badge of the Luftgau Charkow was a non-wearable award of the German Air Force during the Second World War , which was donated by the General of the Flak Cartillery Bernhard Waber in 1942. In terms of its character, this was an official state award, but not in the sense of the Order Act of 1937 at that time. The plaque was only awarded to air force members of the air district of Kharkov if their services could not be recognized by a state award (e.g. B. War Merit Cross , Iron Cross II. Class ).
The plaque made of cast iron is 161 mm high, 105 mm wide and shows, within a raised ridge at the top, the sovereign badge of the Air Force and three city coats of arms of the cities of Poltava , Kiev and Kursk with their respective place names. Among then are two diagonally crossed and after-pointing swords flanked by laurel branches, the coat of arms of Kharkov easily cut. The city coat of arms is flanked on both sides by three oak leaf branches. The four-line inscription, of which the second consists of only three points, can be read under this city coat of arms: FOR.BESPECIALLY.PROTECTION / THE COMMANDING.GENERAL.AND / COMMANDER.IM.LUFTKAU.CHARKOW . The badge was presented with a corresponding title deed in A4 format.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall : The non-wearable medals and plaques of the air force. 1935–1945 (= Studies on the History of Awards. Vol. 5). Patzwall, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-04-5 , pp. 159-162.