UNIQUE "ALPAKA" DISH/TRAY NAMED TO SS-OBERSTURMBANNFUHRER HELMUT KAMPFE.

Located very recently at a small antiques fair in Essex.
Dish has a circumference of 28cm and is just under 3 cm deep. The outer edge has a raised oakleaf pattern border, above a intricate filigree pattern border.
The dish itself is engraved and dedicated to SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Helmut Kampfe who was a Knights Cross, and German Cross in Gold winner.
Kampfe was CO of the 3rd Bn ,4th SS-Pz Gren.Rgt "Der Fuhrer" SS-Pz Division "Das Reich".
On June 9th 1944 Kampfe was kidnapped and murdered by French partisans, which triggered reprisal action against the nearby village of "Oradour-sur-Glane..

Dish/Tray hasn't been cleaned for many years and shows a lot of storage patina, condition seems fine.
The maker Johann Wagner & Sohn was a well established Berlin silversmiths and Jewellers.

Code: 51134