LUFTWAFFE SALAD PLATE 1939 – 16,5 cm

69,00 €

Product no. 16-359

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Category: Porcelain & Dinnerware
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Luftwaffe mess porcelain was the heavy white tableware supplied to air force dining facilities, including barracks canteens, airfield messes and officers' casinos. It formed part of the standard equipment of Luftwaffe installations from the mid-1930s, when the service was built up, and examples are recorded with dates from about 1937 into the early 1940s. A full service covered plates in several sizes, soup plates, platters, cups and saucers, tureens, gravy boats and condiment dishes. Smaller side, dessert and salad plates sit alongside the larger dinner plates, which commonly measure around 23–24 cm. Many established German porcelain firms made the wares, among them KPM, Epiag, Heinrich & Co., Hutschenreuther, Bauscher Weiden, Thun and Schönwald. Collectors identify genuine pieces by the backstamp. It usually combines the Luftwaffe flying eagle with swastika, the abbreviation Fl.U.V. (Flieger-Unterkunfts-Verwaltung, the air force's barracks administration), the maker's mark and a production year. Marks are normally applied under the glaze on the underside. Comparing the maker's logo and eagle style against known reference marks helps with dating and attribution. Army, Navy, SS and labour organisation porcelain used different insignia.

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