The Croatian Air Force Legion also known as the Croatian
Legion, was a foreign volunteer unit of the Luftwaffe raised
from volunteers drawn from the Independent State of Croatia
which fought on the Eastern Front between 1941-1943 in the
Second World War. It was then absorbed by the Air Force of
the Independent State of Croatia and its surviving members
fought back on Croatian soil. The legion had approximately
360 men.
Our reproduction Croatian Air Force Legion pilot’s wings
is a copper nickle pin back badge and features the Croatian national
shield with a red-and-white checkerboard pattern, topped
with the “U” cipher, signifying the Ustashas, the Croatian
fascists. It measure 3 inches from wingtip to wingtip.
