Germany, Imperial. An Eltz Castle Commemorative Plaque, by Villeroy & Boch, c. 1895 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Centrepiece insignia in Gold

Centrepiece insignia in Gold

102 mm x 143 mm

but textbook War-time production by Steinhauer & Lück

Type II (1915-1941)

in addition to re-attachment of the obverse centrepiece upside-down

Germany, Imperial. An Eltz Castle Commemorative Plaque, by Villeroy & Boch, c. 1895 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Centrepiece insignia in Gold(Burg Eltz Wandteller). Constructed of glazed white porcelain, the obverse depicting a finely detailed depiction of Eltz Castle executed in hand painting over a transfer outline, the revere bearing a hand painted caption of BURG ELTZ, above a date of DEC. 95, a makers mark of VILLEROY & BOCH, METTLACH, with other stamped codes also visible, with two eyelets perforated into the base ring for the accommodation of a hanger, measuring 31 cm in diameter,