This is an authentic porcelain NSFK soup serving tureen of Nazi Germany. The NSFK, National Socialist Flyers Corps (German: Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps) was a paramilitary aviation organization intended as a "preparatory school" for the Luftwaffe. This porcelain piece would have been from a WW2 era NSFK mess hall.
Description:
Made of high quality porcelain; produced with durability & design to withstand regular use. In used but good condition but maintains mostly its original polish throughout & has standard age wear/use/scratches. One notable exception (please review photos carefully), it does have a large chip on one of the carrying handles but does not affect its functionality or ability to grasp the handle.
Markings:
The face is crisply marked with NSFK logo w/swastika.
The underside is nicely marked with the maker's mark, "Hutschenreuther Hohenberg" & production year stamp, 1943.
- The Hutschenreuther porcelain manufacturing company was founded in 1814 by Carol's Magnus Hutschenreuther, identified by the "CM" in the logo.
- Hohenberg is the town/village where the factory was original operating from.
Measurements (approximate):
Dia: 12" (Full)
Dia: 9" (open)
Weight: 6 lbs (Heavy)
Height: 6"
History:
Founded in April 1937, the NSFK was the successor to the German Air Sports Association (active during the years the German air force was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles). The NSFK conducted military aviation training in gliders and private airplanes during its infant years. It progressed into a full-on 'preparatory school' that instructed in everything from aeronautical theory and wireless communications, to maintenance work and gliding, while keeping its instructors fit for the future air war.
Their self-identified tasks were to provide pre-military ‘air service’ training to the younger generations that would shape the in-practice attitude of the air force’s reservists & pool together and control the entirety of German air sports while also, promoting and disseminating "Flugbegeisterung" (airmindedness) among the German people.
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WW2 (Nazi Germany) - Authentic 1943
NSFK Prepatory School
Mess Hall Soup Tureen
$175.00 (Firm)
NSFK (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps)
- Paramilitary aviation organization intended as
Preparatory School f/the Luftwaffe.
This piece would have been from an NSFK mess hall.
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