Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Mess Hall Plate, By Bauscher Auction Archive d'après l'ouvrage Américain de Asa

d'après l'ouvrage Américain de Asa Bird Gardiner

surface rust evident on both silvered iron disks

VM: bronze

in its cardboard case of issue

8mm (h – inclusive of cross adorned ball suspension on crown)

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Mess Hall Plate, By Bauscher Auction Archive d'après l'ouvrage Américain de Asa(Waffen SS Kantine Teller). Constructed of glazed white porcelain, the obverse plain, the reverse stamped with an SS REICH mark, a manufacture date of 1939, and a makers mark of BAUSCHER, WEIDEN for the prolific Wehrmacht and SS tableware manufacturer, also bearing an embossed serial number or batch code, measuring 23 cm in diameter, demonstrating minor discolouration and surface scratching but free of evident chips or cracks, in overall extremely