Miniature Badges of the Berlin Air Safety Center

Miniature Badges of  the Berlin Air Safety Center - BASC

worn, in good

BASC was founded on Dec 12, 1945 by the Allied Control Authority.
Service began in February 1946, under the four powers-flight order No. 4.
Until the death of Rudolf Hess on 17 August 1987, BASC was in addition to the Spandau war crimes prison, one of two Inter-Allied organizations of the Cold War. 
24 hours a day, the Berlin Air Safety Center controlled the safety of all flights in the three flight corridors to and from Berlin, and Berlin Control Zone, an area of 20 miles in radius around the BASC.
Each of the four powers in Berlin had a Chief-Controller with a Deputy and a General Duty-Controller, all positions were held by Air Force Officers, the Soviets had  an additional Interpreter.
The corridors and the Airspace could be fully used by all Aircraft of the four Allied Powers. Foreign aircraft needed  a special permitfor this. This led problems by the hijacking of Polish Aircrafts in the 70s and 80s between the Western Allies and the Soviets.
After the reunification of both German States on 31 December 1990 resigned Service.
Office of the Berlin Air Safety Center, was the building of the Allied Control Council at Kleistpark in Berlin.