Donald Blackey, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. Served all the way from North Africa, through Italy and into Germany. Passed away in 1987.
These pieces formed part of a much larger 48-place dinner service - all unique and individually painted by hand. According to the veteran’s family, he returned to the Berghof the following day only to find the rest of the set destroyed by French sol
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Copy of the letter Blackey mailed home describing the plates, and where he found them. By this point (May 12) he was staying at Himmler’s residence in Gmund, Austria.
“To Betty & Howard & Gail, from Hawkeye” The original card placed in the mail home box containing the dinnerware. “Hawkeye” was Blackey’s family nickname.
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Miklos Horthy‘s coat of arms
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Herend porcelain manufacturing mark
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