Description
This fine WWII era visor cap is that of an enlisted man in a FLAK unit of the German Luftwaffe. It is near flawless in overall condition having spent the last 60+ years in a veteran’s service trunk. It is not known where it was captured but the veteran was in Germany and France from 1944 until 1945. The unit marking is visible under the inner sweat band as shown. This is a rare piece of WW2 headgear in stellar condition.
A Flak Corps (German: Flakkorps, also spelt Flak-Korps) was a massed anti-aircraft (AA) artillery formation employed by the Luftwaffe for anti-aircraft, antitank, and fire support operations in World War II. A Flakkorps was a flexible organization that was made up of a varying number of AA regiments, brigades, or divisions. A total of six flak corps were organized by Germany during the war. The flak corps, while mainly intended to support ground units with concentrated anti-aircraft fire, in many cases provided also antitank support.
I./Flak-Regiment 29 (gem. mot.):
Formed 1.10.37 in Frankfurt/Main with 1. – 5. Batterien.
Service:
- 10.37 – 2.38 under Höh.Kdr.d.Flakart. in Luftkreis IV
- 2.38 – 9.39 under Luftgaukommando XII
- 1939 at the Westwall
- 5.40 in France, supporting XXVII. Armeekorps
- 1940 – 41 in Luftgau XI
- 11.40 in Hamburg
- 6.41 Koluft Panzergruppe 3 in Central Russia (Stab/Flak-Regiment 149)
- 1942 Rshew area
- 1943 in Smolensk
- 1.11.43 not listed
- 1.1.44 under 10. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)
- 1.2.44 under 10. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)
- 1.3.44 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)
- 1.4.44 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)
- 1.5.44 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)
- 1.6.44 under 23. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 31)
- 1.7.44 under 23. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 31)
- 1.8.44 under 12. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 21)
- 1.9.44 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 34)
- 1.10.44 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 125)
- 10.44/11.44 in Gumbinnen
- 1.11.44 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 116)
- 1.12.44 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 116)
- 1945 under 18. Flak-Division in Königsberg, Heiligenbeil and Samland
