Civil badge of the home flak cartillery
The civilian badge of the home flak artillery was a civilian badge for the members of the home and alarm flak units, which were mostly made up of civilians and were only used by a small number of permanent Wehrmacht personnel . Mostly recruited from the permanent workforce of larger armaments factories or plants, the main task of these inadequately equipped anti-aircraft batteries was to combat air targets. Since civilians could not be presented with specially created military decorations, such as the army flaka badge or the flak combat badge , Hermann Göring, in his capacity as Commander in Chief of the Air Force , donated the civilian badge of the home flakartillery on March 9, 1943 as a symbol of community and togetherness Units.
Appearance and wearing style
The silver-plated badge reflects the basic elements of the home flak cartillery associations. An Luftwaffe eagle holding the symbol of the German Labor Front in its claws , a ring of teeth with a swastika in the middle . This symbolism was interpreted in such a way that the working person (cogwheel) is in the service of the air force (eagle). The badge was awarded by the battery operator, who was usually a member of the Air Force, in a ceremony after successful basic training and was then worn on the left skirt of the work or civil suit in and out of service.
literature
- Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann , Awards of the German Reich 1936 - 1945: A Documentation of Civil and Military Merit and Honor Badges , Motorbuch-Verlag 11th edition 2004, p. 150, ISBN 9783879436897 >