Pennant for the downing of enemy aircraft by the Navy
The pennant for the downing of enemy aircraft by the Kriegsmarine was a collective award of the German Kriegsmarine during the Second World War , the foundation of which dates back to January 1940. In the statutes published on January 25, 1940, it emerges that a pennant could be awarded for each time an enemy aircraft was shot down by heavy or light flak . This pennant, which had to be procured by the respective station commands, was placed on the flagpole after a ceremonial presentation to the respective flak battery team. The first award of such a pennant took place on July 2, 1940 to the operating team of the flak position Nübel , which was part of the Marine Flak Department 231 . On January 31, 1941, the conditions for awarding the pennant were extended to the crews of the port protection flotilla , whose aircraft kills by anti-aircraft guns could not yet be recognized. They could put their pennants on the yard in their home port. Subsequently, the awards of the pennants were published in the North and Baltic Sea station orders. It can be assumed that after the introduction of the war badge for naval artillery on June 24, 1941, the meaning of the pennant diminished.
Description of the pennant
The simple red pennant for shooting down enemy aircraft of the Kriegsmarine is 300 mm long and 180 mm high. It shows a round white field with an image of an iron cross .
literature
- Kurt-G. Klietmann : Awards of the German Reich 1936–1945. A documentation of civil and military badges of merit and honor. 11th edition. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-87943-689-4 , p. 222/223.