DLV Air Traffic Controller Gorget

SKU: 55.GOR.03.02.05.005

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  • DLV Air Traffic Controller Gorget Obverse
  • DLV Air Traffic Controller Gorget Obverse
  • DLV Air Traffic Controller Gorget Obverse
  • DLV Air Traffic Controller Gorget Reverse

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  • country
    Germany
  • date of institution
    1934

History


On March 25, 1933 the DLV (Deutscher Luftsportverband = German Air Sports Association) was created as a civilian sports organisation, the umbrella organisation of all air-related sports. However, from the very beginning, the DLV was used to secretly train its members for future roles in the newly emerging Luftwaffe, a breach of the terms of the Versailles Treaty.
The organisation should not be confused with the Deutscher Luftfahrtverband (also abbreviated DLV), which was formed in 1902, but disbanded in favour of the new DLV under Third Reich rule.

The DLV was split into two groups, the civilian section and the secret military section, known as the “Fliegerschaft” (air crew). The organisation eventually became obsolete after the official unveiling of the Luftwaffe in 1935, and it was disbanded and replaced by the National Socialist Flyers Corps (NSFK or Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps) in 1937.

Air Traffic Controllers wore a silver-coloured gorget featuring a swastika inside a circle with wings, and underneath the words “Reichsluftaufsicht” (National Air Control). It was introduced in 1934.

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    $1,000 USD

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    Obv: REICHS-LUFT-AUFSICHT

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