German souvenir plates 1942 Netherlands

[Bjorn S]

Hi everyone,

I don't know if I posted this in the right category, but I don't know where to place it.

A while ago I bougt these two plates. They appear to be souvenir plates.
The marking on the front reads: ''Niederlande - 1942 - Andenken an die Dienstzeit Groningen''.
The other plate says ''Niederlande - 1942- Andenken aus Groningen''.
Groningen is a city in the Netherlands.
The back of the plates is maker-marked with ''Société Céramique Maestricht''.

In the middle of the plates are photos attached (looks like they were glued and painted over), one showing a German soldier in WW2 Waffenrock, with number 16 on his shoulderboards (16 ID?). The other one is showing a German soldier in WW1 uniform.


I know of the existence of various divisional plates, but haven't seen these kind of plates before.
I also find it strange to see a WW1 picture on a 1942 marked plate.
Are they private purchase? Has anyone seen this type of plate before?

I hope that somebody can help me out.

Kind regards, Bjorn



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[Bjorn S]

Nobody ?( after 80 views?)

[NickG]

IMO these are fake as the 2nd one is not even a WW2 image...
Appears to be a WW1 imperial photo (as you already stated...so answering your own question...)

[uscob]

Even the Writing is wrong. Dienstzeit has allway's to be written with a Large first Type. So Dienstzeit and not dienstzeit. Every German learned this in School. And yes, the 2nd Pic is Imperial.