Dutch Orange, Blue & White Royal Delft Liberation War Plate . The Netherlands will Revive - 1945

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with five flying pigeons holding a ring of flowers around three orange-coloured oranges. (Apples of Orange = The House of Orange, The Royal family) Surrounded with the text:
NEDERLAND ZAL HERRIJZEN. 5 MEI 1945. (The Netherlands will revive. End of World War II.)
Plate designed by Marijnissen.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BO  =  1945
Painter’s initals: VS  =   L. von Stein
Employment dates: 1938 - 1988    
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 140 - Fig.11-55

Diam.:   25,6 cm.  (10,1 inches.)      
Weight: 514 grams.