DLV Flying Personnel Trade Insignia

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SKU: 55.GOR.03.02.04.005.000

Estimated market value:

$60 USD

  • DLV Flying Personnel Trade Insignia Obverse

Estimated market value:

$60 USD

Attributes

  • Country
    Germany
  • Image Licensing
    The image of the DLV Flying Personnel Career Insignia is attributed to John R. Angolia and Adolf Schlicht from their book “Uniforms & Traditions of the Luftwaffe, Volume 1”.

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.

All career insignia were worn on the lower left sleeve.

Flying Personnel (Fliegendes Personal) were regular members under training as aircrew. They wore a round blue-grey wool backing with a winged propeller. For Officers it was hand-embroidered silver-coloured wire, for enlisted ranks it was white cotton embroidery.

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