(Fliegerschaftsabzeichen)

Date Instituted

19 January 1935

Requirements

This badge was awarded to pilots and observers.

Number Awarded

?

Known makers/markings

CJJ


Generalleutnant Erhard Milch, General der Flieger Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler and SA-Stabschef Viktor Lutze at the founding of Jagdgeschwader 134 Horst Wessel April 1936

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany)

Comments

This badge was replaced by the Pilots Badge on 26 March 1936

Photo courtesy of Klaus

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - A collectors guide to the Luftwaffe
Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Military awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich