WH (Luftwaffe) war-badge (ie. 'LW-Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen' or: pilots'-war-badge) by the 'Berg & Nolte'-company

The attractive - and I deem mid-war-period- and/or truly very detailed! - WH (Luftwaffe) war-badge (ie. 'LW-Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen' or: pilots'-war-badge) has only moderately been worn and comes naturally mounted onto its fully functional (and fully unaltered!) pin- and/or functional catch (ie. catch set-up). The neat award shows a 'separately'- (and/or very detailed!) bluish-black-coloured eagle-device attached (by means of two firmly attached rivets as is visible on the back). The badge truly retains most of its period finish but does show a minimally tarnished- (ie. typical 'Buntmetall'- ie. 'Tombak'-like-) age-patina as is more often encountered on these fairly high-quality produced war-badges. The neat badge shows a clear makers'-designation that reads: 'B&N-L' on its back and is thus in all respects an example that was produced by the desirable maker: 'Berg & Nolte' as was based in the town of Lüdenscheid: the award shows naturally all the specific details as known for a genuine badge by this particular maker. The piece is just minimally stained ie. dirty but has - I deem - never been cleaned nor polished: the silverish- (ie. somewhat golden-coloured) wreath and/or somewhat bluish-coloured eagle-device both retain a very nice albeit minimally tarnished appearance (as can be seen on the pictures). The award originates from a private-household in Germany and was never before in collectors'-hands. These attractive 'Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen' can easily be graded: 'fairly scarce'!