VERY UNUSUAL!!!! 1938 DELFT COMMEMORATIVE NUMBERED PLATE'' KLM DINGAANSVLUCHT 16 DEC 1938''

UP FOR AUCTION A VERY UNUSUAL 1938 DELFT COMMEMORATIVE PLATE ''KLM DINGAANSVLUCT 16 DEC 1938'' IN GREAT  CONDITION

STUNNING GOEDEWAAGEN HOLLAND DELFT BLUE COMMEMORATIVE AND NUMBERED PLATE IN PERFECT CONDITION;PLEASE READ DETAILS!!

NO CHIPS , NO CRAZING, NO HAIRLINES , NO RESTORATION

THIS PLATE IS COMMEMORATING THE 100YEAR ANIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BLOODRIVER (NCOME RIVER) BETWEEN 470 VOORTREKKERS AND 10000ZULU'S UNDER COMMAND OF DINGANE; 3 VOORTREKKERS GOT WOUNDED BUT 3000 ZULU'S DIED IN THIS BATTLE;DINGANE DAY IS STILL CELEBRATED TODAY AS DAY OF RECONCILLIATION

ON 16 DEC 1938 KLM(ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES) ORGANISED A FLIGHT TO COMMEMORATE THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DINGANE DAY 

DIAMETER PLATE 24,5 CM

 DUTCH RENOWED POTTERYFACTORY ''ROYAL GOEDEWAAGEN'' (STILL IN EXISTANCE TODAY!!)HAD AN ORDER TO MAKE A LIMITED EDITION (OF APROX 200-250) OF NUMBERED DELFT BLUE COMMERATIVE PLATES ABOUT THIS EVENT; THIS PARTICULAR PLATE IS No 109

 IT IS KNOWN THATPLATE No 36 WAS GIVEN IN ITS DAY AS A PRESENT BY KLM TO ONE OF THE CREWMEMBERS OF THIS PARTICULAR FLIGHT;IT WAS RECENTLY AUCTIONED IN HOLLAND; APART FROM THAT ONE OTHER PLATE IS KNOWN TO EXIST ,No 187

A VERY UNUSUAL,RARE AND UNIQUE PIECE OF SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY WITH A DUTCH TWIST;VERY COLLECTABLE

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