Croatia WWII Wings Badge of the Croatian Air Force Legion 1941 1943 German Made

CROATIA (Independent State) - Axis: WW2 Wings 
Badge, Insignia of the Croatian Air Legion.
Rare German made type. 
Period of issue 1941 - 1943. 
The Croatian Air Force Legion (HZL, Hrvatska 
Zrakoplovna Legija) was formed in 1941. It was a 
unit of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), subject 
to German disciplinary regulations and wore 
Luftwaffe uniforms. 
Its members were volunteers drawn from the Nazi 
puppet-state, the Independent State of Croatia 
while many of them had previously served in the 
Royal Yugoslav Air Force. 
The Croatian Air Force Legion participated in the 
invasion of the Soviet Union and fought on the 
Eastern front until 1943 when it was absorbed by 
the Croatian Air Force. 
It consisted of the 4th Fighter Wing and the 5th 
Bomber Wing and flew German and Italian 
airplanes. 
The Air Force Legion had approximately 360 
officers, NCOs and men.

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WW2 1939 - 1945

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