This item is the base of a ceramic container which has been broken, leaving a half-circle 4.5" in diameter. Set into the glaze is the German eagle and swastika and under this cast into the china is the marking "WEIN 0". The eagle and swastika stamping are central and clear.
This is one of the few items recovered from the former site of the Führer Bunker located in An der Kolonade, Berlin, Germany. This bunker was build in 1936 in the garden of the old chancellery ("Alte Reichskanzlei"). In 1943 the Hochtief company build a new bunker in the garden of the old chancellery. This was deeper in the ground that the 1936 bunker. The 1943 and 1936 bunkers were connected via a stair. The 1936 was then called "Vorbunker". The 1943 bunker was the actual bunker for Hitler "Führer Bunker").
In 1988 the East-German authorities (the site of the bunker was in East-German territory, near the Berlin Wall) started to examine the remains of the bunker, removing among other things, this fragment which was likely in Hitler's presence during the last days of his life. After finishing their examination the 1936 bunker ("Vorbunker") was destroyed. Today nothing remains of this site.
