Original German WWII Waried Soup Plate Reportedly Recovered from Supply Tanker SS Gedania, Captured by HMS Marsdale in 1941 - with Provenance & Research Records ZB 26-ZB 30 Examples of the Type 23

Examples of the Type 23 were later encountered by Allied troops in areas held by the Japanese

5 ounces with 20-inch barrels

The PK (Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова

and this mark was used on many of their trench knives

That makes this a great "All Matching" example

Original German WWII Waried Soup Plate Reportedly Recovered from Supply Tanker SS Gedania, Captured by HMS Marsdale in 1941 - with Provenance & Research Records ZB 26-ZB 30 Examples of the Type 23Original Item: Only One Available. This is a fascinating original German pre WWII WWII porcelain soup plate bearing the distinctive markings of the Waried Tankschiff Rhederei G. m. b. H., the Hamburg tanker company that owned the German tanker SS Gedania. According to the extensive provenance and historical research accompanying the plate, this example is attributed as having been recovered from Gedania, which was taken into German naval service as an