Germany, Luftwaffe. A Silver Plate Commissioned For Hermann & Emmy Göring, By Grosse & Sohn Newly Listed reverse impressed “S-26”

reverse impressed “S-26”

the factory was headed by SS Obersturmbannführer Professor Diebitsch

000 feet amidst heavy clouds

obverse illustrating the radiant cross of St Stephen upon a crown and three hills from the Hungarian coat of arms within a ring inscribed "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI" (Latin from the Roman poet Horace - It is Sweet and Fitting to Die for One's Country)

maker marked "STERLING A

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Silver Plate Commissioned For Hermann & Emmy Göring, By Grosse & Sohn Newly Listed reverse impressed “S-26”(Hermann Gring Silberteller). A rare silver plate commissioned for the wedding of Hermann Gring and his second wife Emmy (Emma) Sonnemann, constructed of silver, the obverse with a stylized ribbed border, with raised coats of arms of the Gring and Sonnemann families, the reverse with a makers mark of GROSSE & SOHN, a crescent moon and crown indicating German manufacture, a silver content mark of 835, the hallmark of silversmith Wilhelm T. Binder, and