Germany, 2nd GM. - Lot 37

Germany, 2nd GM. HENRIOT QUIMPER, "Kriegsweihnacht 1943" dinner plate commissioned by the KRIEGSMARINE for the Lanveoc-Poulmic naval base for Christmas 1943. In polychrome enameled earthenware, decorated with a lobster holding two coats of arms in its claws, including the arms of Brittany and a unit insignia of the Lanveoc-Poulmic KM naval base surmounted by an iron cross, the wing bears the inscription "Kriegsweihnacht" "1943" and "Lanveoc-Poulmic". Signed on the back "Henriot Quimper". (Rare. Very good condition). Diam. 240 mm. Reference: Encyclopédie des céramiques de Quimper, Tome 3, le XXe siècle, chapitre : la seconde guerre mondiale, page 204 à 214. Note: The Lanveoc-Poulmic naval air station was established on the Crozon peninsula in Finistère, south of Brest, in the 1920s. It was occupied and used by the German army from June 1940 to 1944.