My humble collection ....

[Matthieu]

More pix of the hardware ... first up is the hinge.

[Matthieu]

Double claw shaped catch ...

[Matthieu]

Rivets ....

[Matthieu]

Pin ...

[Nigel N]

Great badge Mathijs!
A big old chunk of silver too!! As others have said, I think it would be worth having the missing stone replaced!!
Interesting to see the double catch, appears very similar to the type S&L used, apart from the shaping of the end of the base part, maybe its the same catch, just trimmed/ finished differently, Souval used a lot of the same hardware as S&L, so that wouldn't be surprising?
S&L seemed to use the double catch for a short time, maybe a couple of years around the mid 60's, does that date also apply to your badge??
Very nice!!!!!!!!!!
-Nigel

[Matthieu]

Seems nowadays you have to have deep pockets to buy good 57er pieces .
Therefore I was quite pleased getting this little gem for a fair price.

Yes, one of the rivets is repaired and the pin is replaced, but its an honest worn piece.
The eagle has got a clipped swastika and then finished, nice bonus there.
Also it came with a small stick-pin, which I'll show in the next post.

Mathijs

[Matthieu]

Stick-pin, nice little piece with plenty of detail !

[Matthieu]

More details on this little bugger

[Tony T-S]

Very nice to get pieces that have been worn.

[Tom B]

I agree, I like the Para stick pins ! Tom

[Matthieu]

And here is my latest score - despite a more common badge, the early St&L version proofs hard to find nowadays.

[Borzadow]

Hi Matthijs, very nice one - and I can see a small "O" mark on it

[Skyhawk]

Hi Mathijs,

I like it very much and the early LW badges are getting very tough to find!

Best,

Jeff

[Nigel N]

Yes, great pieces!!
The early birds just can't be beaten when it come to quality of detail and finish!!
Great lookers!!
-Nigel

[Tom B]

Yes very nice "Bird" !!!! Tom