Germany, Ss. A Large Waffen-Ss Mess Hall Bowl, By Victoria consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 6mm (h – including integral

6mm (h – including integral suspension)

She was later posted to Freemantle in Australia

Naming has been erased and privately engraved in italics on the QSA

maker marked “JFS” (for Josef Feix Söhne

Instituted 1885 by Prince Heinrich XIV

Germany, Ss. A Large Waffen-Ss Mess Hall Bowl, By Victoria consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 6mm (h – including integral(Waffen SS Kantine Schssel). Constructed of glazed white porcelain, the obverse taking the form of a large square bowl, the base stamped WAFFEN SS and VICTORIA, the latter indicating manufacture by the eponymous Czechoslovakian porcelain firm, measuring 27 cm (w) x 27 cm (l) x 8. 5 cm (h), demonstrating minor discolouration and surface scratching but free of evident chips or cracks, in extremely fine condition.