Lot 8215
Allach Porcelain Manufactory - a candlestick with documents
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots
Description
Estate of an SS-Oberscharführer: A candlestick (model no. 89) in white glazed porcelain, the base impressed with the rune mark in an octagon and the artist's signature “C. Diebitsch”. Undamaged. Together with four cards of an SS-Oberscharführer in the 5./«Der Führer»: an engagement card dated 17.06.1939, 15x9.5 cm; a wedding photograph in black uniform, inscribed on the verso in manuscript “Zur Erinnerung an den Hochzeitstag, Berlin 4.10.39”, 9 x 13 cm; a marriage card, 15.5 x 10 cm; and a card marking the birth of their son. Text: “Die Geburt unseres Stammhalters Hans-Joachim zeigen hocherfreut an….”, Berlin 21.04.1942, 14 x 11 cm. The family received the birth candlestick in 1942 as a gift from the SS Berlin on the occasion of the son's birth. Very rarely found together with such documents.Condition: I - II Questions about the lot?