Stunning example of an early- (ie. pre-) war-period- and/or: 'Buntmetall'- (ie. 'Tombak'-) based: WH (Luftwaffe) 'Beobachterabzeichen' (or: observers'-war-badge) being a clearly maker- (ie. 'P. Meybauer'-) marked example

The stunning and (I deem) fairly early- (ie. pre-) war-period- and/or very detailed war-badge (ie. 'LW-Beobachter-Abzeichen' or: observers'-war-badge) has only moderately been worn and comes naturally mounted onto its fully functional (and fully unaltered!) pin- and/or functional catch (ie. typical catch set-up). The award shows a 'separately'- (and/or very detailed!) bluish-black-coloured eagle-device attached (by means of two firmly attached rivets as is clearly 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 most certainly high-quality produced war-badges. The badge shows a clearly present makers'-mark-designation on its back and is in all respects thus an example that can be attributed to the desirable maker (ie. 'Hersteller') named: 'Paul Meybauer' as based in the town of Berlin: the award shows naturally all the specific details as known for a badge by this particular maker. The piece - which is I deem of the second pattern - is still somewhat stained ie. dirty but has never been cleaned nor polished: the bright silver-coloured wreath and/or somewhat bluish-coloured eagle-device both retain a very nice albeit minimally tarnished appearance. The badge originates from a private household in Germany and was truly never before in collectors'-hands. These attractive and early-war-period: 'Beobachter-Abzeichen' can easily be graded: 'fairly scarce' and come not that often for sale. I deem that this wonderful example is accordingly priced!

Code: 57567