Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge

Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge Flak-Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe
Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge
Awarded by Nazi Germany
Type	Badge
Eligibility	Military personnel
Campaign	World War II
Statistics
Established	10 January 1941

Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge (German language: Flak-Kampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe) was a German military award instituted on 10 January 1941 by the Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring to commemorate soldiers or servicemen of the Flak Artillery who distinguished themselves in action against enemy aerial or ground attacks. It was worn on the lower part of the left breast pocket of the service tunic, underneath the 1st class Iron Cross if awarded.

References

• Klietmann, Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann (1981). Auszeichnungen des Deutschen Reiches. 1936–1945. Motorbuch, Stuttgart. ISBN 3-87943-689-4.

External links

• "Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101102134138/http://lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Orden/lw-fa.html. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 
• "Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe". World War 2 Awards. http://www.ww2awards.com/award/150. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 
• Flak Badge