(Flakkampfabzeichen)

Date Instituted

19 July 1940

Requirements

* Performing an act of bravery while on anti-aircraft duty, or
* Being the commander of a battery were half of the men have received the award, or
* Receiving sixteen points (4 points for destroying an enemy plane without support, 2 point with support and 1 point for the searchlight crew credited with first location).

Number Awarded

?

Known makers/markings

C.E. JUNCKER, A, W.H. BREHMER


Flak Oberleutnant

(Courtesy of Derek Jones)

Comments

It was designed by Ernst Peekhaus.

Photo courtesy of Rusfront

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

Reference material on this award

Marc Garlasco - The Flak Badges Of The Luftwaffe and Heer