A Legion Condor Honour Award Plaque To The Heavy Flak Unit "F 88"

Silvered die-stamped brass, illustrating a map of Spain in relief, with a flak artillery gun in front, a ribbon banner inscribed "LEGION CONDOR" with an open-ended wreath between the words with the inscription "1. F.88" inside the wreath and Luftwaffe eagle above the map, a raised elongated plate below inscribed "IM KAMPF GEGEN DEN BOLSCHEWISMUS 1936 SPANIEN 1938" (In the Struggle Against Bolshevism in Spain 1936-1938), encased in a wooden frame with a raised beveled edge, 176 mm x 218 mm. Near mint.

Footnote: Although mention of the Condor Legion always brings its flying units to mind, in fact its largest unit was the anti-aircraft artillery group, F88, with an establishment of 1,400 men. Unlike other countries at the time, German AA artillery (Flak) formed part of the Air Force (Luftwaffe) rather than the Army (Heer).