For some context my Oma grew up in Berlin during the Second World War and later moved to America.
At First I thought maybe it’s French but then I saw the Iron cross.
by ThatOneWesterner
For some context my Oma grew up in Berlin during the Second World War and later moved to America.
At First I thought maybe it’s French but then I saw the Iron cross.
by ThatOneWesterner
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is there something written on the back?
Looks like an ashtray?
Where do you See an iron cross? The only things I can identify are the typical French lilies.
Edit: Found the cross
presumably a very ornate aschenbecher
That’s a cross pattée and not exclusively used as an “iron cross”. It is used all over Europe.
A Öschebescha
Wall decoration
It looks like the [coat of arms of the municipality of Öllingen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/DEU_%C3%96llingen_COA.svg/1200px-DEU_%C3%96llingen_COA.svg.png). This is a village in the Swabian Jura, not far from Ulm. Your Oma may have vacationed there and picked this up as a souvenir.
Aschebecheee