L011295 SEAGOING BOAT PERSONNEL'S TRADE BADGE. (Seemännisches Militärisches Bootspersonal Tätigkeitsabzeichen)

BACKGROUND: On entering Luftwaffe service EM/NCO personnel were assigned and trained for a specific trade or military function. On successful completion of the appropriate training, personnel were issue a distinctive trade specialty badge to be worn on the lower left sleeve of the service tunic and the flight and field blouses as identifying insignia with a couple of exceptions. The original trade badges were introduced in May 1935 and were supplemented with additional badges prior to and early in the war. In all the Luftwaffe utilized no fewer then thirty nine assorted trade specialty badges. Some select trade badges were piped with twisted grey or silver/aluminum braiding to denote NCO’ s ranks while some were piped with twisted gilt braiding to denote outstanding performance in the particular trade. When a trade badge was allocated with the gilt braid, outstanding performance, piping it came accompanied with an award certificate. Personnel who served on Luftwaffe boats and ships were issued a distinctive trade badge on November 7TH 1936.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Badge consists of a Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base with a machine embroidered with ornate scalloped edging. Base has machine embroidered fouled anchor flanked by stylized outwardly flared, feathered wings, all in silvery/grey threads.

GRADE ****1/4                             PRICE $50.00

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