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    Help with luftwaffe signature on dish given to Oak träger Martin Becker

    Hello!

    I need some help from the group regarding this white metal/spelter dish that was given as a gift the RK träger with oaks Martin Becker. Maybe not the most beautiful item I have seen but interesting provenance.

    It reads:
    "Dem erfolgreichen Nachtjäger Oberlt Martin Becker in Kameradschaft ....... Mainz(I think) April 1944"

    1. Has anyone seen another dish like this before?
    2. Does anyone recognize the signature of the person who has signed it and given it to Becker?

    Many thanks for your time!
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    I'd be a bit skeptical with this one - cheap plate, generic dedication by an unnamed person, purportedly issued in the month Becker was awarded the knights cross. The Gruppenkommandeure of NJG 6 can be found here: http://www.cieldegloire.com/njg_006.php I did not immediately spot a name that matches the signature (but am no expert on WWII signatures either). Becker's bio can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Becker According to https://www.ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg6.htm , 2/NJG (in which I gather from Wiki Becker served end March 1944), left Mainz mid March 1944, so some weeks before the plate was purportedly engraved and given to Becker, and none of the NJG6 units appears to have been stationed at Mainz afterwards.

    None of that conclusively says this plate is not authentic, but it would sow enough doubt for me not to touch it unless it came with impeccable provenance.

    Hope of use,
    Sandro

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      Thank you for the reply Sandro!
      The dish came directly from the daughter of Martin Becker, so I have no doubt about the authenticity.

      For me it almost looks like a part of something. Taken from some kind of vehicle perhaps?

      Anyone have any guess on the signature?

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        Looks like Latvian junk to me. The style of engraving and some of the abbreviations are odd.

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