An Adolf Hitler formal pattern silver coloured metal dessert...

Hammer

£1,000

An Adolf Hitler formal pattern silver coloured metal dessert fork, with a Greek key border and traditional eagle and swastika above A H, Bruckmann .800, and an Adolf Hitler silver coloured metal Informal Pattern Luncheon spoon, with a traditional eagle and swastika above A H, Bruckmann, stamped .800 (2) See inside back cover colour illustration

Provenance: acquired by the vendor's father, an American soldier during World War II. He served with the 42nd Infantry Army 'Rainbow' Division. At the end of the war his Unit was located near Hitler's Eagle's Nest and the owner believes he acquired this cutlery as a result of a 'craps' game.
He brought the pieces home after the war and they remained in the family ever since