Germany, DAF. A Floral Mess Hall Cup, by Rosenthal Porcelain Archive without mesh backer

without mesh backer

marked L/52 below the catch

firm known by the high quality of their products

Footnote: The 6th Fusiliers were raised as the 6th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles with headquarters at Montreal January 31st 1862

bearing a length of silver aluminum wire piping flanked on each side by gold bullion wire piping

Germany, DAF. A Floral Mess Hall Cup, by Rosenthal Porcelain Archive without mesh backer(Porzellantasse). Constructed of glazed white porcelain, the exterior bearing hand painted multi coloured flowers, the base maker marked with the logo of Rosenthal Porcelain, Selb, above an inscription of MODELL DES AMTES SCHNHEIT DER ARBEIT indicating quality reflecting the stipulations of the "Beauty of Work" initiative of the DAF (as directed by Robert Ley on 28 November 1933), the latter indicating use at the mess hall of a Deutsche Arbeitsfront