Gorch Fock A German Training Ship. Windjammer plate number 4, Bing & Grondahl | No. BW4 | Alt. BW40

Gorch Fock - A German Training Ship. Windjammer plate number 4, Bing & Grondahl

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Brand: Bing & Grondahl
Item no: BW4
Alt number: BW40

Measurement: Ø: 27 cm

About the product

Bing & Grondahl Windjammer plate with motif of "Gorch Fock" which was the only large sailing ship owned by former West Germany. It was used as training ship of Bundesmarine.. This plate is the fourth in a series of 6 Windjammer plates. The motif of the plates is 6 famous training ships, all painted by the famous marine artist James E. Mitchell.
By the manufacturing of the plates there has been used 22 colours and 24 carat gold to get the exact expression of the details. Windjammer is the English word for big ships using sail.
The artist James E. Mitchell, who has painted all 6 motifs for the plates, has been called the discoverer of the sea by critics. His lifelong studies of the sea has made James E. Mitchell to one of the finst marine painters in the world.
This plate was issued in 1981.