A silver tea-spoon: a piece belonging to one of the Third Reich 'celebrties'?

[Coco]

Dear all,

Again a question from my side: I bought this (genuine) silver tea-spoon together with some other good TR stuff. The spoon is neatly marked with: 'D R' (Deutches Reich / Deutsche Reichsbahn ?) and an eagle. The detail is very nice and surely executed by a professional (and IMO high quality producing) company. The spoon has never been cleaned and has a lot of dark finish. There are also soon proof-marks: 'B unknown mark - 90' and a number: '243'.

Has someone seen such a spoon before? What was its use? Can it be a part originating from one of the Third Reich 'Celebraties'? Or stands the 'DR' just for 'Deutsche Reichsbahn' (the eagle also faces to the east, so this is also plausible). All comments are most appreciated!

Best regards,

Coco
*P.s. due to the nature of this object I had no idea where to place this thread...I hope it is in the justfied forum

[Coco]

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[Erich B.]

Hello Mario,
It is a Deutsche Reichsbahn spoon, probably from a 1st class dining car.
Erich

[Seiler]

Agreed.
Seiler

[brownshirts]

DR spoon

hi seiler,

the B followed by the train picture is the hallmark for the company(bruckmann)
the 243 is the train number it came from.


best regards

matthew

[emilitaria_usmc]

It is also silver plated, not solid silver.

[outcast]

silver or plated or plastic, dont care this sold to me by mario, im very happy with real german spoon from a train, for discount price too, thank to mario, best paul

[kenneth wolfe]

Hi

IF you want spoons I have a butt load of Luftwaffe aluminum spoons. Let me know and we can talk.


Kenneth

[NSDAP42]

Goering Train

Coco this spoon come from GOERING train , number 243 for wagon 10243 this wagon made in 1938 in Kassel ( Wegmann ) the number 90 is for silverplated nice and scare item !!!

[Robin Lumsden]

Hello NSDAP42.

I don't suppose you know if '241' was also a notable train?

I have a Reichbahn sugar bowl with that number on it.

Just 2 digits away from Goering.............damn!

[Robin Lumsden]

Looks like '241' and '243' were government dining wagons used by both Hitler and Goering.

http://www.drg-salonwagen.de/salonwagen/salr37.html

So did one of them use my little sugar bowl?

What an amazing place this Forum is.

[outcast]

what price would i pay for sugar bowl for my spoon robin, hope i dont be rude to ask, paul

[Robin Lumsden]

What price would I pay for a sugar bowl for my spoon, Robin?

I haven't got a clue. I got my bowl about 20 years ago. Cost about £30 GBP then, I think. I didn't know whose train it came from until about half an hour ago!

[outcast]

ok, robin, i will doubl your money for it