1-600 German WWI Thin Balkenkreuz with White Outline Decals

These 1-600 German WWI Thin Balkenkreuz with White Outline Decals provide German WWI Thin Balkenkreuz with White Outline markings for 1-600 scale aircraft miniatures. Use them to reproduce the corresponding national, service, or recognition markings on aircraft appropriate to the design and period.

Decal Information

This sheet provides German WWI Thin Balkenkreuz with White Outline markings for 1-600 scale aircraft.

They are printed on clear-background waterslide decal paper. They need to be individually cut out. Apply over a properly prepared and gloss-coated model surface using normal waterslide-decal techniques.

Key Historical Details

Nation / Region: Germany Service: Imperial German military aviation Period: World War I, 1918 Marking: German WWI Thin Balkenkreuz with White Outline Scale: 1-600

Historical Information

The Balkenkreuz was the straight-sided national cross introduced on German military aircraft during the final year of World War I. It replaced the curved-sided cross pattée commonly described as the Iron Cross.

Changes in marking instructions during 1918 produced different proportions of black cross and white edging. Repainting older crosses and applying new markings at factories did not always produce identical results.

The design illustrated for this sheet has slender straight black arms bordered in white. It is a beam cross rather than the curved-sided Iron Cross with a narrow center that appears on another sheet.

When recreating a late-war aircraft, compare the arm width, span, and white border with photographs. Crosses on the wings, fuselage, and tail can differ, so one style should not automatically be used in every position.