Superb - mid- ie. later-war-period- and/or typical 'Buntmetall'-based - war-badge (ie. 'LW-Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen') being a (typical) non-marked example by the 'Friedrich Linden'- (ie. 'FLL'-) company that came stored in its etui as issued

The very attractive - and I deem mid- (ie. somewhat later-) war-period- and/or truly very detailed! - LW-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 award shows a 'separately'- (and/or very detailed!) (bright!) silver-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 and is just minimally tarnished: it retains a typical 'Buntmetall'- (ie. 'Tombak'-like-) age-patina as is more often encountered on these fairly high-quality produced war-badges (it should be noted that MOST by FLL-produced pilot-badges are executed in zinc ie. 'Feinzink' whereas this example is scarcely found 'Buntmetall'-specimen). The neat badge is totally void of a makers'-designation but is in all respects an example that was produced by the desirable maker: 'Friedrich Linden'- (ie. 'FLL') 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 bright silverish-coloured wreath and/or equally coloured eagle-device both retain a very nice albeit minimally tarnished appearance (as can be seen on the pictures). The award came stored in its (actually scarcely seen!) black-coloured etui that shows the (fully preserved and/or golden-toned) text: 'Luftwaffe - Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen' on its top (as can be seen on the pictures). This etui comes in an equally nicely preserved, complete and/or fully functional condition: it just shows some moderate age, wear and/or staining as to be expected. The set originates from a private-household in Germany and was never before in collectors'-hands. These attractive 'Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen'-sets can easily be graded: 'fairly scarce'!

Code: 67012