I have seen a couple of these plates over the years but never one in hand, that is until now. Bought back from Germany by a ranking member of the U.S armed forces the plate is very high quality Bavarian porcelain and bears the simple " Kanzlei des Fuhrers" motto (Office of the Fuhrer).

Accompanying the plate is another piece that is interesting and while I have seen trinkets that were reportedly made from the marble around Hitler's fireplace, this is a block of Reich's Chancellery tile. Also bought home by a G.I it is the first piece I have seen in raw form.

In the closing days of the war the Chancellery was bombarded by Russian artillery and for the most part destroyed, many pieces were taken by the Russians and the Americans after the war. It is reported and debated that a Russian monument was manufactured of the remains of the tile from the Reich's Chancellery, and there was surely a lot of it. I just never see it.

Reich's Chancellery Plate and Wall Tile