(Virtutea Aeronautica)

Date Instituted

31 July 1930

Requirements

Awarded for merit or bravery.

Number Awarded

?

Generalmajor Hans Doerr

(Courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Comments

Awarded in these classes (with or without swords):
Commander
Officer

Knight
Gold Cross


The Gold Cross and the Knight classes could be awarded up to three times to the same person, in which he case he would have a Gold Cross/Knight class with two bars.

It could also be awarded to foreigners.

Photo courtesty of Antiques & Militaria

Sources used

David Littlejohn - Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, vol 4