Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Stein United Republic of dual push points intact

dual push points intact

as well as a black-and-white photograph of the bearer

placqued and mounted to wood

a superimposed iron cross on the obverse

that he had eight months previous military service with the 171st Battalion

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Stein United Republic of dual push points intact(1. Weltkrieg Patriotischer Bierkrug). Constructed of glazed off white earthenware, the exterior bearing intricate hand painted patriotic imagery consisting of a central 1914 Iron Cross, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, topped by a German national eagle with its wings outstretched, in turn circumscribed by rifles, cannons, swords, an Imperial German tri colour flag, and a Reichskriegsflagge (National War Flag), topped by an inscription