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Luftwaffe Unit Mark
I picked up an early 1st MD Luftwaffe dagger and it has matching unit marks on the scabbard and cross guard I/154 Stk. I know St is for staffel or squadron but the k has thrown me off a bit maybe someone can help out here. Enclosed is a partial list of Luftwaffe terms.
Luftwaffe Terms
Ergaenzungsstaffel (ErgGr) advance training group
Ergaenzungsstaffel (ErgSt) advance training squadron
Erpobungsgruppe (EprGr) operational test group
Erprobungsstaffel (EprSt) operational test squadron
Fliegerdivision (FD) air division
Fliegerfuehrer (Flifue) aircraft command/control unit
Fliegerkorps (FK) air corps
General der Jagdflieger (GdJ) General Of The Fighter arm
Gruppe (Gr)
Jagddivision (JD) fighter division
Jagdfliegerfuehrer (Jafue) fighter command/control unit or its commander
Jagdgeschwader (JG) fighter wing commanding three or four Gruppen
Jagdgruppe (Jgr) fighter group, containing three or four Staffeln
Jagdkorps (JK) fighter corps, commanded one or more Jagddivisionen.
Jagdverband (JV) fighter unit term only used for JV 44 Gruppe of jet fighters commanded by Adolf Galand 1945
Kampfgeschwader (KG) bomber wing
Luftwaffenkommando (Lkdo)
Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) German Air Ministry Goering�s headquarters
Reichsverteidigung (RVT) group responsible for air defense.
Schnellkampfgeschwader (SKG) fast bomber wing (BF 110,BF 109, BF 190)
Staffel (St) squadron, (Staffeln)
Stukageschwader (StG) dive bomber wing
Zerstoerergeschwader (ZG) heavy fighter wing
Zertoerergruppe (Zgr) heavy fighter group
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Last edited by derjager; 05/13/2015 02:47 AM.
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That is one great link you provided the K appears to be upper cased so it looks like it maybe
StaffelkeiL squadron wedge (aviation). I'm not sure what wedge means.
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This how wedge was explained to me which makes perfect sense.
Staffelkeil= squadron wedge formation of flight wedges; Keil here = formation of aircraft
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