Description
Souvenir perfume bottle from MS Wilhelm Gustloff. Gold rims on sides are intact. Recently inherited from grandparents who lived ingermany and cruised on the ship in late 1930's.
Category
Perfume Bottles
Distinguishing marks
Has a stamp on back that is worn. Possibly gold. Bottom has 6055, gold stripes on both sides are intact
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
approximately 3x4x1/2 inch
Date Period
Late 1930s
Weight
couple ounces
History
Grandparents received as a souvenir when they went on cruise on the MS Wilhelm Gustloff in the late 1930s.
For Sale?
Yes
Photos
Re: MS WILHELM GUSTLOFF perfume bottle
The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German ship which was sunk on 30 January 1945 by a Soviet submarine in theBaltic Sea while evacuating German civilians, officials and military personnel from Gdynia (Gotenhafen),occupied Poland, as the Red Army advanced. By one estimate 9,400 people died, which would make it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history.
Constructed as a cruise ship for the Nazi Strength Through Joy organisation in 1937, she had been requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in 1939. She served as a hospital ship in 1939 and 1940. She was then assigned as a floating barracks for naval personnel in Gdynia before being put into service to transport evacuees in 1945.
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