Germany, SS. A Mess Hall Plate, by Bauscher of Weiden, c. 1939 Province of China with a pebbled zink button

with a pebbled zink button marked “23” on the obverse

in bronze gilt with purple

Hellcat ace who leads Navy fighter pilots with 34 Jap kills

Impressed: Corporal John Edwards

Germany, SS. A Mess Hall Plate, by Bauscher of Weiden, c. 1939 Province of China with a pebbled zink button(Waffen SS Kantine Teller). Constructed of glazed white porcelain, the obverse plain with a shallow bowl, the base stamped with an SS REICH mess hall logo, situated above a manufacture date of 1939 and below a makers mark of BAUSCHER, WEIDEN, with a stamped lot code of 2171 20 also visible, measuring 23 cm in diameter, demonstrating minor discolouration to the glaze but with no chips or cracks visible, a rare Waffen SS mess hall plate produced on the