Description
A porcelain ashtray with a helmet, an eagle without a swastika (a la helmet shield) and an image of various trench tools (shovel, pickaxe) and sappers' accessories (anchor, swimming circle, ropes) framed by oak leaves. There is an inscription on the side 1. KOMPANIE PIONIER BATALLION ERINNERUNG an meine DIENSTZEIT (1ST COMPANY PIONEER BATALLION REMEMBERING MY TIME OF SERVICE) . The ashtray has a round shape, 10 cm in diameter, and is designed for 3 places to hold a smoldering cigarette.
We offer a quality thing for domestic use and, undoubtedly, a good gift for friends!
The ashtray is a decoration of its time and can be used in reenactment, filming and expositions. It weighs approximately 160 g and is 3.5 mm high. The diameter is 8 cm, the height is almost 10 cm. The inscriptions are applied by hot decalcification (paint is injected into the surface at high temperature), this is not a cheap stencil. The inscriptions are fixed securely and can be washed in a dishwasher.
At the bottom there is a copy of the manufacturer brand: H&G Selb.
Historical reference.
At the bottom there is a copy of the manufacturer brand: H&G Selb. Bavaria Heinrich 1940. Franz Heinrich worked as a porcelain artist. In 1896, he built a muffle furnace in his parents' house in Selb, and since 1901 he began to produce porcelain. Then he developed his business and the Heinrich Selb factory became one of the largest porcelain producers in Germany. F. Heinrich died in 1928, but his company continued to live and brought together about 800 people in the early 1970s. In 1976, Heinrich Porzellan GmbH was incorporated into the Villeroy & Boch Association of Companies. Source: de.wikipedia.org.
