Allach Julleuchter Grouping- Boxed # 3413
This offering is for a complete grouping as shown in the photos and I will try and keep it together here if I can. The Julleuchter manufactured by Allach Porcelain was their highest production piece over the course of their existence. This is due to the porcelain manufacturer being an SS economic concern and the intent of Himmler with the aid of Fritz Weitzel in establishing ground rules for the SS family, a/k/a the SS Family Guide. The goal was move the SS man and his bride away from organized religion and into pre-christian pagan ritual and with it all the traditions maintained prior to the advent of Christianity, in this case the solstice and with two candles here the winter solstice.
The grouping here consists of a boxed Julleuchter and contains two original candles, the rare upper candle in an original box and an even more rare lower candle to be burned in the last hour of the year. Both are manufactured of bees wax and are 100% proper, a very rare set to find. Included along with the boxed set is an original Julleuchter document with Himmler facsimile signature dated 1939 and issued to SS men receiving the holder and giving its basic use principal. Ill take the translation from the book:
"To my SS comrades, I give you this Jul-leuchter. It is reproduced after after an old example from the early past of our people. Its light should burn in the night of the turn of the year, which after our present tradition, is the night from December 31st to the 1st of January. The small candle, that is inside the candleholder, may burn as a symbol the last hour of the past year. The large candle may flare up in the first moment when the new year starts walking. There is a deep wisdom in the old tradition. Might each SS man see extinguish the small flame of the old year with pure, clean heartland ignite the flame of the New Years light with raised will. This I wish you and your clan today and into the future. Heil Hitler! H. Himmler"
The importance of the Jul-leucter in itself should be noted as it garnered many service records in its early years as an award. With the planned expansion east and with conquered territories the SS man and his member SS wife would both serve the reich for 1000 years. The SS man as Soldat/Bauer and his wife as a Bauerin. A quick reference to the translation of the Himmler letter as well and how he uses the term "Clan". The reference to the SS in many cases is as a cult, their not a cult, they are a clan. Might as well know what your buying.
An additional item in the grouping and also dated to 1939 is a rare photo album presentation from Heinrich Himmer and having an ink signed dedication page from Himmler to Generalleutnant Schwandner, and the album was distributed to multiple recipients involved in a tour of Dachau Concentration Camp and the 2nd Allach manufacturing facility outside the immediate perimeter walls. The photo album measures just over 11 inches wide and 7 inches high and contains 22 photos of the tour and the guests as well as interior photos of the porcelain manufacturer and the manufacture of the Jul-leuchter itself. Ill include several and some are already published. The photos themselves are in beautiful condition and the tissue separators are intact, its in very nice condition. The album is a cloth cover with dual sigrunes applied and a triple leather binding retaining the pages and photos. The recipient of the album is Maximilian Schwandner. These albums tend to pretty pricey as are ink signed Himmler documents.
A 2nd signed document included here is an actual in signed and dedicated Julleuchter card with a Himmler blue ink signature and dated to 1944. I do not know why this is here and in referencing the D.P Vol.1 on page 199 and neither does he, other than to say it was not part of the grouping. It is referenced in the C.O.A from Bill Shea as have come from the same veteran as the rest of the material. That being said I cant tie it to the group with the date and its written in Sütterlin script and I cant read it. It may be taken from the group and adjustment made for its value, they are desirable in their own right.
This offering is for a complete grouping as shown in the photos and I will try and keep it together here if I can. The Julleuchter manufactured by Allach Porcelain was their highest production piece over the course of their existence. This is due to the porcelain manufacturer being an SS economic concern and the intent of Himmler with the aid of Fritz Weitzel in establishing ground rules for the SS family, a/k/a the SS Family Guide. The goal was move the SS man and his bride away from organized religion and into pre-christian pagan ritual and with it all the traditions maintained prior to the advent of Christianity, in this case the solstice and with two candles here the winter solstice.
The grouping here consists of a boxed Julleuchter and contains two original candles, the rare upper candle in an original box and an even more rare lower candle to be burned in the last hour of the year. Both are manufactured of bees wax and are 100% proper, a very rare set to find. Included along with the boxed set is an original Julleuchter document with Himmler facsimile signature dated 1939 and issued to SS men receiving the holder and giving its basic use principal. Ill take the translation from the book:
"To my SS comrades, I give you this Jul-leuchter. It is reproduced after after an old example from the early past of our people. Its light should burn in the night of the turn of the year, which after our present tradition, is the night from December 31st to the 1st of January. The small candle, that is inside the candleholder, may burn as a symbol the last hour of the past year. The large candle may flare up in the first moment when the new year starts walking. There is a deep wisdom in the old tradition. Might each SS man see extinguish the small flame of the old year with pure, clean heartland ignite the flame of the New Years light with raised will. This I wish you and your clan today and into the future. Heil Hitler! H. Himmler"
The importance of the Jul-leucter in itself should be noted as it garnered many service records in its early years as an award. With the planned expansion east and with conquered territories the SS man and his member SS wife would both serve the reich for 1000 years. The SS man as Soldat/Bauer and his wife as a Bauerin. A quick reference to the translation of the Himmler letter as well and how he uses the term "Clan". The reference to the SS in many cases is as a cult, their not a cult, they are a clan. Might as well know what your buying.
An additional item in the grouping and also dated to 1939 is a rare photo album presentation from Heinrich Himmer and having an ink signed dedication page from Himmler to Generalleutnant Schwandner, and the album was distributed to multiple recipients involved in a tour of Dachau Concentration Camp and the 2nd Allach manufacturing facility outside the immediate perimeter walls. The photo album measures just over 11 inches wide and 7 inches high and contains 22 photos of the tour and the guests as well as interior photos of the porcelain manufacturer and the manufacture of the Jul-leuchter itself. Ill include several and some are already published. The photos themselves are in beautiful condition and the tissue separators are intact, its in very nice condition. The album is a cloth cover with dual sigrunes applied and a triple leather binding retaining the pages and photos. The recipient of the album is Maximilian Schwandner. These albums tend to pretty pricey as are ink signed Himmler documents.
A 2nd signed document included here is an actual in signed and dedicated Julleuchter card with a Himmler blue ink signature and dated to 1944. I do not know why this is here and in referencing the D.P Vol.1 on page 199 and neither does he, other than to say it was not part of the grouping. It is referenced in the C.O.A from Bill Shea as have come from the same veteran as the rest of the material. That being said I cant tie it to the group with the date and its written in Sütterlin script and I cant read it. It may be taken from the group and adjustment made for its value, they are desirable in their own right.