Superb - zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based version of a WH (Luftwaffe) 'Fallschirmschützen-Abzeichen' (being a maker-marked, 'Type C'-pattern example as was produced by the 'Gebr. Wegerhoff'- ie. 'GWL'-company)

This is a truly attractive - albeit moderately worn and (I deem) mid- (ie. later-) war-period - typical zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based version of a WH (Luftwaffe) 'Fallschirmschützen-Abzeichen' (or: paratroopers-war-badge) being a clearly maker-marked example that was produced by the desirable maker (ie. 'Hersteller') named: 'Gebr. Wegerhoff'- (ie. 'GWL'-) having a 'loose' (ie. firmly-riveted!) golden-coloured eagle-device originally attached and that comes in an overall very nice- (albeit moderately used- ie. worn-), condition. The neat and detailed badge - which as stated above has been moderately worn - comes naturally mounted onto its functional pin- and/or functional (fully unaltered) 'thick wire'-styled catch (ie. catch set-up). These mid- (ie. later-) war-period badges show a 'loose' and/or detailed golden-coloured eagle-device attached (by means of two rivets as is visible on the back of the badge). These 'Type C'-pattern zinc-based badges do show, however, nice and/or pronounced detail overall. The badge retains most of its period-attached golden-coloured finish and shows a somewhat tarnished age-patina as is more often encountered. The badge can with certainty be attributed to the maker: 'Gebrüder Wegerhoff'- (ie. 'GWL'-) as based in the town of Lüdenscheid: the specific details on this badge fully corroborate this. The piece is still somewhat stained ie. dirty but has never been cleaned. A similar example is also described in the excellent reference-book entitled: 'The German Luftwaffe & Heer Paratrooper Badges of World War II - 1936-1945' by Thomas M. Durante wherein this particular pattern is given the unique reference-designation: 'GWL - Type C'-variant. Simply a very nice - and garuanteed original! - zinc- (ie. 'Feinzink'-) based 'G.W.L.'-version of this desirable Luftwaffe-war-badge!

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