Bidspirit auction | Third Reich Terracotta Exterior House

Third Reich Terracotta Exterior House Tile with Molded Swastika Motif - A large architectural terracotta element, of tapered hexagonal form with a rolled rim, likely once used as a exterior ridge fitting. One face bears a raised molded swastika motif, a decorative device. The piece is molded in a red clay body and retains its shaped rolled top edge and tapered base. This was found in Nuremberg but unknown what building it came from. Architectural elements bearing swastika motifs were common on public and party-affiliated buildings constructed or renovated in Germany between 1933 and 1945, when the symbol was mandated as a state emblem under National Socialist rule. Nuremberg held particular significance as the site of the annual Reich Party Congresses (Reichsparteitage) from 1933 to 1938, prompting extensive construction of monumental and civic architecture incorporating party iconography. Roof and ridge fittings of this type were typically produced by regional terracotta and ceramics works to standardized architectural patterns for use on municipal, administrative, or party buildings.