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SS Führerschule Castle Wewelsburg
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The pictures of the marching SS soldiers before the castle are from the photo archive of Arthur Meter of Nuremberg, Germany who had the permission of the Herman Auction House in Munich to copy it when they had it up for sale in a previous auction sale. No one can have a copyright on this picture -- it is now in the possession of the Wewelsburg District Museum.
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Wewelsburg Dinnerware |
| DESCRIPTION: Here is a small grouping of silverware from the SS Leadership School at Castle Wewelsburg. This Besteck, or flatware, was part of a very large collection that was assembled by a German collector who, in 1950, started collecting nothing but Besteck until his death in recent years. He had the Kaiser’s silver, the führer’s formal silverware, and pieces from the concentration camps; and knives, forks, spoons from several elite SS units to include the famed LAH, the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, the Wiking Division, das Reich, etc., but some of the scarcest of all were the pieces from the SS-Führerschule “der Führerkorps (the Leadership School) at Castle Wewelsburg. The tableware from other SS and NS groups now are featured throughout our pages, but none as rare as these particular items. The ancient castle was acquired by Heinrich Himmler in 1934. It is said that the Ahnenerbe (Office of Ancestral Research) had a major input in the ensuing redevelopment of the castle. Many closed ceremonies were carried on within its walls and there are special rooms and great halls that are designed and dedicated to those purposes and it was here that the Totenkopfringe (SS Rings of Honor) were to be returned after the death of an SS-officer recipient. Himmler’s plans for the castle included making it the center of a new Germanic world empire following a final victory. To symbolize this, a circular wall centered on the castle one kilometer in diameter was planned. This would have been the north tower and it would have served as the “center of the world.” Much can be found on the internet about the castle so we will not give a full explanation here. Of course, the descriptions and narratives that are to be viewed will be replete with such exciting blood-tingling blather as to indict the castle and the SS to the role of murderers, sadist, etc. (the language of those who win a war!), but the inquisitive, the student, the collector, can read between the lines and learn. In any case, just wade through the drivel and extract the needed information. The pieces are most beautiful being formal dinnerware from such a prestigious NS institution. There are two different patterns; the earlier pattern being naturally more scarce. The items are all in very good condition showing use, but are, in fact, undented and bright. When they are gone they are surely gone. We know of no other source. The collector who is able to procure any of these is to be considered quite fortunate.
PRICE: Sets are individually priced below: |
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Wewelsburg Dinnerware Set (first type, informal) (Item CASTLE 1-1) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a set of knife, fork, and spoon in the early style with the small set of PRICE: SOLD |
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Wewelsburg Dinnerware Set (second type) (Item CASTLE 1-2) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is another set of the Wewelsburg dinner service (Besteck), flatware. This one being of the much more formal style adopted later, whenever the supplier was changed. These pieces have a rather baroque motif. The sizes are the same as those above. The SS on the front of the tang is larger and more pronounced, and the Wewelsburg and small PRICE: $695.00; the set |
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Wewelsburg Dinnerware Set (Item CASTLE 1-3) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This set is composed of a knife and fork of the formal pattern as shown in the proceeding articles above. Markings the same; condition the same.
PRICE: $585.00; set of two pieces |
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