(Flieger-Erinnerungs abzeichen)

Date Instituted

26 March 1936

Requirements

Awarded to former flying personnel (4 years of service for regular airmen and World War I veterans, 15 years for others)

It could also be awarded to next-of-kin for personnel killed in the line of duty.

Number Awarded

?

Known makers/markings

C.E. JUNCKER, L/11

Comments

In some sources listed as the Luftwaffe Retired Pilots Badge.

Photo courtesy of Antiques & Militaria

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