WW2 German SS Allach Julleuchter Yule Lantern (Repaired) . EFL6355cxm

WW2 German SS-Julleuchter (Yule Lantern) manufactured by the Allach porcelain company. Repaired condition with very visible glue residue. It is constructed out of an unglazed stoneware (earthenware) with hand enhancing and SS Allach proof mark on base. Size approximately 9 inches tall and base measures about 4 1/4 wide. Rare SS-Julleuchter in repaired condition with visible glue repair.

Additional Notes: The Julleuchter (Yule lantern) was the term for a type of lantern used in the “Julfest” during the German Third Reich. Heinrich Himmler, commander of the SS, who placed great interest in Ariosophy, gave the SS Julleuchter as a presentation piece for SS soldiers to celebrate the winter solstice, from approximately 1936 until 1944. Heinrich Himmler originally had the intention to make the Julleuchter a standard gift to all SS members and there were no criteria attached to its presentation. For reasons which are not entirely clear, by the start of WW2, the Julleuchter had begun to be viewed as an SS decoration and was entered as such in SS service records once the Julleuchter had been presented. However, as the SS-Julleuchter was considered “non-portable” (much like the Luftwaffe Honor Goblet), there was no outward display on an SS uniform indicating its presentation.

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