This small funnel is made of bronze and on it is depicted in irrigular “handmade” letters the name NÜRNBERG TRICHTER( funnel).
The Funnel belonged to the tradition of Nürnberg for a long time.
In old times they believed that you could insert Knowled with the Nünberg-funnel.


Maybe this bronze item is from the Nazi period or older…..? In it is inserted a little glass pearl.

Here 2 postcards to get an idea…..:

1Postcard: Also the Nazis used it : Greetings from Nürnberg , City of the Reich Party Congress , with Funnel. There even exist Funnel tinnies from the NSDAP election.

2Postcard : The Nürnberg Funnel
Once in high honor
But now the people are smarter.
One doesn’t need it any more.

Very cool benten! Thanks for showing it.

That has got to be one of the strangest items we've ever had shown here,,,,but interesting!! - and even more interesting the period adverts!!! Thanks so much for posting!!!

Benten, you find the most interesting things. Thanks for posting. I have a similar small funnel. It’s for my hip flask and is helpful for pouring whisky into small glasses 😀🥃

Mikee, Gaspare, Stephen , thank you for your kind reply.

I found a ring from 1942 with the Nürnberger Funnel aside.

It is a honorring made for Benno Martin, a high ranked SS officer and also chief of the Nürnberg police.
Made in gold and silver and delivered with a small round silvermade ring box with blue velvet inside.

If you whish to see nice pictures of the ring , please Google : Benno Martin ring

ps. ..I found the pic on internet, not the ring ..I wìshed to have it, but It is NOT mine

I can't figure out how to save photos of this ring Benten mentions... Its really something to see if real... IF anyone can save the photos here or new topic please do .....much thanks!....

Gaspare, just Google Benno Martin ring .

I managed to save a couple of photos. I'll create a separate thread.
Stephen

so what doest it mean - funnel ???
plz explain to me ))

Evgeniy, A funnel is ‘Trichter’ in German. It’s the subject of this thread.

but I dont understanding - what is the meaning of this funnel, explain?

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- Evgeniy,,, yes, - воронка

But what it has to do with anything I do not know!!

Must be some type folklore or? Maybe a member can expand a bit more on it why it relates to military??.., Thanks in advance!

I don’t think it is anything to do with the military. The Nuremberg Funnel seems to have appeared in the 17th century.

According to an internet search: ‘The legendary Funnel of Nurnberg was said to make people wise very quickly when the right knowledge was poured in (to their heads, with the aid of the funnel)’.

There you go. Every day is a school day. There’s more in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Funnel

ha ha, thanks much S Vb!!!,,, yes,, nothing better ,,just pour it in directly!

I assumed it had something to do with the mind )))

Actually, if you go back to p.1 of this thread, you’ll see that Benten already told us about the Nurnberg funnel when he posted it.