One of the rarer ones: Luftwaffe Flak Badge by B&NL

[Frank Heukemes]

Not so often found: Luftwaffe Flak Badge by Berg & Nolte, Lüdenscheid. Material zinc.

Obverse:

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rev

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catch sits in recess

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hinge

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mark

[Mark S.]

wow, the gun looks naked without all the familiar rivets!

Great pictures of a very uncommon badge!

Say, on the reverse image, there looks to be a pair of indentations (I want to say rivets, but they arent) by the hinge, but the close up doesnt show any such thing...can you expand on this?

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Mark,

That is because the close up your are referring to is an angled shot. The "rivets" (two "pins" indeed) are almost flush with the body surface of the badge. The solder that holds the hinge ran into the two holes for the two little pins adjacent to the hinge and filled them. Over that solder you see the grey finish.

Cheers, Frank

[Lorenzo Brown]

"Wow" for me, too. I've never heard of or seen a BNL Flak badge before. It all looks good to me. Great design and details on the eagle as well as the artillery.

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Lorenzo,

I have to admit I went out on a limb with that one but it payed. Whe I tell you the price you will cry. I also had never heard of one before, nor do I have one in my reference pic "library".
When I received it today, I was convinced, no doubts right down to the typical B&NL pin system. Check out this para by B&NL. Note that the finished hinge was also finished on the flak badge, you can see remnants of that on the angled hinge shot close up. Also note that the catch sits in the same kind of recessed slit.

Cheers, Frank

[Yuri D.]

Excallent find Frank!! One can always rely on you to have the nicest and most uncommon items.

Yuri

[Frank Heukemes]

Thanks guys! Here are two more shots, eagle and gun close up.

Cheers, Frank

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8.8 gun

[Yuri D.]

This is a first time for me too, seeing a Flak badge by this maker. Great work Frank!!!

Yuri

[ERIC S.]

That's a first for me also - I'm convinced it's the real deal! Now it seems there are two types of Flak Badges in which the eagle is not sweated on - B&NL and GWL! Real GREAT find Frank, veteran
acquired?
ERIC

[Rich G]

Great find Frank! As soon as I saw the back and the hinge/pin I was also convinced it was the real thing.

regards

Rich