Description
Silver ‘Alpaka’ Round Side Dish from Hermann Göring’s Dining Wagon 10 ‘243’
A fabulous little round side dish made from German heavy silver plate, ‘Alpaka’ produced by Bruckmann for the Deutsche Reichsbahn Sonderzugs.
The plate carries designation marks for Hermann Göring’s Sonderzug ‘Asien’, and in particular carriage number ‘243’ which was Göring’s dining wagon.
It is accentuated with a raised rolled band edge to the rim, a fantastic and finely detailed Deutsche Reichsbahn Eagle with wreathed Swastika straddled by the letters D and R all in relief is centered to the upper front body just below the lip of the rim. To the underside is found the stamped Bruckmann ‘B’ along with a ‘locomotive’ makers mark, followed by ’ALPAKA’ indicating heavy silver plate, and then the impressed number ‘243’ indicating the wagon number.
Condition:
A used item that displays surface marks and scratches, otherwise superb condition, a beautiful display piece, and a great investment.
Dimensions:
Diameter 17cm
Depth 1.7cm
DR Motif 2.5cm x 1.5cm
Weight:
216g
All weights and measurements are approximate.
