Badge, Proficiency, Driver, Bronze, Luftwaffe
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Genuine WWII Luftwaffe Driver Proficiency Badge (Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen), bronze color on grey-blue wool.
The badge reward drivers of military transport vehicles, including trucks, cars and motorcycles, who served for specified periods in a war zone after 1 December 1940.
Very nice condition.
The requirement for the award was to have served since 1 December 1940 on the front line or in rear areas on the Balkan, North African and Eastern Fronts, with other areas added as the war progressed. The qualifying period depended on the type of vehicle driven. For the bronze badge this was:
- Motorbike reconnaissance and dispatch riders: 90 days
-Supply vehicles supporting the front line: 120 days
-Other forms of military transport: 135 days.
The silver badge was awarded where these requirements were met for a second time; with the gold for a third time. The badge could be awarded for shorter periods where drivers faced particularly arduous conditions, or for special driving achievement. Awards were authorised by battalion commanders and above or, for civilians, by the Ministry of the Interior.
The award could be forfeited, for example if the recipient drove dangerously or failed to maintain his vehicle. It could not be awarded posthumously.
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Genuine WWII Luftwaffe Driver Proficiency Badge (Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen), bronze color on grey-blue wool.
The badge reward drivers of military transport vehicles, including trucks, cars and motorcycles, who served for specified periods in a war zone after 1 December 1940.
Very nice condition.
The requirement for the award was to have served since 1 December 1940 on the front line or in rear areas on the Balkan, North African and Eastern Fronts, with other areas added as the war progressed. The qualifying period depended on the type of vehicle driven. For the bronze badge this was:
- Motorbike reconnaissance and dispatch riders: 90 days
-Supply vehicles supporting the front line: 120 days
-Other forms of military transport: 135 days.
The silver badge was awarded where these requirements were met for a second time; with the gold for a third time. The badge could be awarded for shorter periods where drivers faced particularly arduous conditions, or for special driving achievement. Awards were authorised by battalion commanders and above or, for civilians, by the Ministry of the Interior.
The award could be forfeited, for example if the recipient drove dangerously or failed to maintain his vehicle. It could not be awarded posthumously.