Royal Delft Commemorative Space Plate APOLLO 11 - First Moon Landing - 1969. Dutch Text

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a man on the moon and the names; Collins, Armstrong, Aldrin and under a part of the globe with the text: 

DE EERSTE MENS OP DE MAAN. (First Man On The Moon.) The rim with stylized leaves and the dates 20-21 JULI  1969. 
Plate designed by De Bruijn

Signed on the back in underglaze blue for : 

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND & CN = 1969

Painter’s initials: ABO = A.H. Borremans

Employment dates: 1953 - 2002 

Literature:

This plate  is shown in Rick Erickson -  Royal Delft Page134 - Fig. 11 -32

Diam.:   18,2 cm. (7,2 inches.)

Weight : 278 grams.