Description
Nymphenburg Porcelain Teacup from Adolf Hitler`s VIP Dining Wagon 10 ‘244’
A beautiful little porcelain Teacup, specially produced by the Nymphenburg factory in Munich for the Deutsche Reichsbahn Sonderzugs.
The cup carries designation marks for Adolf Hitler’s Sonderzug `Fuhrersonderzug F’, later ‘Amerika’, and in particular carriage number ‘244’ which was Hitler`s VIP dining wagon.
The highly glazed porcelain is accentuated with a fine red trim and even finer gold trim below, to the top of the rim. Centered to the upper body of the cup is the Deutsche Reichsbahn insignia, a gold eagle with wreathed swastika straddled by the letters D and R. To the underside is found the green Nymphenburg crest, and a hand-painted number ‘244’ in black indicating the wagon number.
Condition:
No chips, no cracks, no hairlines, some minor surface marks, a near mint example. Super rare Hitler teacup, excellent investment opportunity.
Dimensions:
Width 10cm (From handle edge to opposite edge)
Height 5.5cm
Top rim diameter 6.9cm
Weight:
145g
All weights and measurements are approximate.
