Bavarian Airship (Zeppelin) Detachment beer stein, German (1913)

Title	Bavarian Airship (Zeppelin) Detachment beer stein
Nationality	German
Period	1913
Price	£0.00

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This is the holy grail of beer steins! It represents the three years of service of 'Sold.[at] Eggar' (1910-13) with a list of all his fellow crew members in a zeppelin belonging to the 1st Bavarian Airship Detachment. I have had many krugs of a military nature, but never one quite like this. It is marked 'R. Schaller Munchen 2 // Elvira Str[asse].'

The transfer work is beautifully overpainted by hand throughout the piece, all the uniform details being picked out by hand, as well as the list of crew members. There is a lithophane in the base, as you would expect, showing a lady in typical Bavarian costume (ie wearing a dirndl).

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[Ephemera : Ceramics : German : 20th Century]

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