Germany, Imperial. An Eltz Castle Commemorative Plaque, by Villeroy & Boch, c. 1895 Archive maker marked with the logo

maker marked with the logo of Der Stahlhof Magdeburg

Beginning in 1944 and until the end of the Second World War

was a Lawyer who rose to become Judge Advocate General with the rank of Colonel in the Canadian Army

he took a wife

Germany, Imperial. An Eltz Castle Commemorative Plaque, by Villeroy & Boch, c. 1895 Archive maker marked with the logo(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,