Adolf Hitler Tea Pot Help

[a.h.]

Hi guys, can I ask your opinion on this Adolf Hilter tea pot. Thanks.


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[ErichS]

original.

[Br. James]

It looks like a genuine piece of Wellner tableware created for Hitler's tables.

Cheers,

Br. Jaems

[Berghof]

The real deal.


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[Br. James]

It would be interesting to know where this piece came from...where it was "liberated" from...the Berghof or the Führerbau or the Braunes Haus or the Reichschancellery or the Kehlsteinhaus or the Mooslahnerkopf or the Wolfschanze or Hitler's yacht or his train coaches or...??!

Br. James

[a.h.]

Adolf Hitler Tea Pot Help

It would be interesting to know where this piece came from...where it was "liberated" from...the Berghof or the Führerbau or the Braunes Haus or the Reichschancellery or the Kehlsteinhaus or the Mooslahnerkopf or the Wolfschanze or Hitler's yacht or his train coaches or...??!



Br. James

Thanks for Help.!

The tea pot Reportedly Taken from Hitler Home , veteran of the 163rd Ordnance Battalion, dated June 13, 1945.
Included an original typewritten letter signed veteran, In this letter to his parents from " Lauf, Germany ," Cottingham states that, among other " souvenirs " including a German officer's cap, a bayonet, and a German belt buckle, he is sending home a " ...coffee pot from Hitler's home. It even has the German sign on it, plus his initials. "

the more I don't know .. maybe from the berghof?



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[BrianK]

There's so much of this stuff around I'm surprised the returning soldiers weren't able to furnish their GI loan homes with it.

[Br. James]

Many thanks for the additional info, Mike; very informative!

"There's so much of this stuff around I'm surprised the returning soldiers weren't able to furnish their GI loan homes with it."

BrianK -- While today it seems like there is a ton of AH silverware available, as well as much from the other high-ranking Nazis' homes, back in post-WWII days it wasn't worth much of anything here in the USA. GIs picked it up as souvenirs of their 'world travels,' not as artifacts that they intended to make a bunch of money on back home. These pieces, as well as German/Nazi daggers, uniforms, medals, field gear, weapons, flags, etc. only began to get traction in the militaria market in the late 1960s and thereafter, when historians like Roger Bender and Jack Angolia and a few others began to publish books on these subjects. In the 1940s and ''50s very few people back home here wanted anything to do with "Nazi stuff;" it was only the returning GIs themselves who were attracted to the artifacts we now covet, and then only because it reminded them of their participation in "The Great Crusade," which many members of "The Greatest Generation" still lovingly regard as the best, most exciting time in their whole lives. God bless each and every one of 'em!!

Br. James

[BrianK]

For my shopping pleasure in the $13,000 range I see a Knight's Cross award document folder for sale, large and elaborate. And it was signed by Adolf Hitler. He actually touched it and it's historic. I'd rather have that.