SS BEER STEIN, Mug, Goblet, Tankard?...any and all help much appreciated.

[DanDan]

I have a contact in Germany that gets into some of the homes and buys German WWII... Here is one item he is currently offering to sell me along with some other really interesting material... The mug Looks like silver over brass, no hallmark, and reads, "Berchtesgarden" "SS-FLAK RGT." ... on the other side is the date of Hitler's 50th Birthday... I need some help!! This would be just prior to the war breaking out, right? Did Hitler have as part of his infantry around Berchtesgarden some flak units, etc? The bottom of the mug is glass with SS RUNES as well... A great looking piece, but, I havent committed to it yet... so, thanks in advance for taking your time to tell me what you think (if you think it is legitimate... go a step further and estimate a value). Thanks again. Its my first post so be patient as I try to work with the photos I was sent.
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[bnz. 42]

Awful. Send these pictures back to him

[Robert H]

what a mind boggling bad AH signiture, AH would killed this silverware artist with an old kitchen knife I think.

[DanDan]

5 photos in all should load... if not, refresh the page and you should get them all to load the second time!

[Doug Kenwright]

Well, this item is bad..amongst others, the Use of a political eagle that was not SS would raise a red flag..

[Dr. Strangelove]

lead

Please be careful drinking Beer from this Stein as I believe Lead may have been used in its construction !

[DanDan]

Well, this item is bad..amongst others, the Use of a political eagle that was not SS would raise a red flag..

Celebrating Nazi Party Headquarters in Berchtesgarden?... the Eagle's Nest presented to Hitler on his 50th Birthday...? ....wouldn't/couldn't such warrant a Nazi Party Eagle?

[bwanek1]

This item is pure fantasy. It is intended to tantalize the naive by incorporating a wide assortment of TR images and references, which might fool the complete novice collector, but which any moderately experienced collector could only find laughably bizarre.

[Doug Kenwright]

Dan..all things being equal, putting aside the fact it is a fantasy piece for the moment, The SS jealously guarded their useage of their symbols, and if you see the runes, you are going to see their eagle. That is just the way they chose to do things.

There is the odd exception here and there, mostly with the early SA/SS kepi style eagle, but they used their symbols for a very singular purpose.The projection of power.

[Hanhart]

The engraved typo/font looks very similar to what you will find in MS Office as Old English Text MT. At this time in germany the font should be Fraktur.
It has to be checked if there were a Flak Regiment ( which Number?) around this time. In my opinion it has to becalled Flak Abteilung

The whole thing looks like Disneyland made in India!

[CWP]

There is NOTHING right about this thing!

[DanDan]

Thanks for all the help on this one... All your comments have been most interesting and informative. Should anyone else have anything to add, please do so...

[münster]

Yah I can add, lose the guys number Can you post other items hes offered?