Lutwaffe Flak Badge

[Kyle Harrington]

Some time ago I bought a Luftwaffe Flak Badge , denazified , on the reverse was the soldiers rank and disposition also his address in Dusseldorf. In addition was the slogan 'Staningrad' in Germanic Italics. I checked the unit and sure enough his unit was present at Stalingrad , subsequently I contacted the German authorities at WASt , who were superb. The guy was invalided out of Stalingrad on the 4th November 1942 with TB he was on a wounded train for a couple of weeks awaiting transportation. He survived the Kessel only to return to duty in 1944 in Dresden in turn he was ill and on the last count he appeared in march 1945. I cannot praise WASt enough for their efforts. When I purchase a decent camera I will forward photos.
Regards Kyle

[Blued]

Look forward to it!

[vacollector]

Sounds like he was lucky as hell. He was wounded before Operation Unranus and most likely evacuated in the very early stages of the Soviet counter attack.

[Kyle Harrington]

Stalingrad survivors Luftwaffe Flak Badge

Here are the scans as promised

[Kyle Harrington]

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[Kyle Harrington]

Eduard Hussack

Wachtmeister Hussack was born on the 2nd June 1906 in Dusseldorf ,so he was 33 at the outbreak of hostilities. He was one lucky guy to escape the Kessel. He was obviously pretty ill as he only really returned to duty properly with Luftgaukommandos III in Dresden on the 28 03 45.
Hope this is interesting , what stories he could have told us !
Regards Kyle

[Sebastien T]

Very nice denaz Ball hinge in NS with a great provenence thanks for sharing

[petopoint]

very nice

Nice looking ball hinged Flakker with veterans inscription. These are so much more meaningful than any unused mint state award. Congrats on your find and it's too bad about the Swaz but still a great badge.

[fdodge]

Nice looking ball hinged Flakker with veterans inscription. These are so much more meaningful than any unused mint state award. Congrats on your find and it's too bad about the Swaz but still a great badge.

I agree.
Nice badge

Frank

[Rik]

Very nice piece of history. How long did it take to get the info from Wast?

[Kyle Harrington]

Rik

Under 2 weeks they are simply excellent I cannot praise them enough.
Regards Kyle

[mike y]

I'm not into denazified badges, but in this case who cares Thats a great looking flak!!!

[Thomas Durante]

Hi Kyle,

Nice flak badge and its great to have some background information on the recipient. Like Mike, I am usually not into denazified badges, but those with history put a different twist on badges like this.

Tom

[Kyle Harrington]

Thanks fo the comments

I suppose it is hard for us to imagine the suffering these soldiers endured and after all that to find out you were fighting for a regime capable of implementing unimaginable slaughter.It must have been like having your guts pulled out.In short I suffered for a bunch of gangsters who either shot themselves, took cyanide or died in their beds .I guess that is why so many removed the swaz.