Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Aviso Grille Paperweight Auction to begin the 81st Infantry

to begin the 81st Infantry Division

The primary mission assigned to the RLB was to protect the cities and population from hostile attacks

and wrote in his diary that Schörner would hang deserters with a sign around their necks that read

with all three prongs fully intact

only single small chip to 6 o'clock arm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Aviso Grille Paperweight Auction to begin the 81st Infantry(Avso Griller Briefbeschwerer). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a circular ribbed base, bearing an etched inscription of AVISO GRILLE, topped by a German national eagle perched on a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a screw and washer, unmarked, measuring 72 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), minor loss of finish evident, in overall near extremely fine condition. Footnote: The Aviso Grille was built by Blohm & Voss and commissioned on 19 May