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Title Bavarian Airship (Zeppelin) Detachment beer stein
Nationality German
Period 1913
Sold

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).

If you want to comment on this item—re quality, age, etc—please email me.


[Ephemera : Ceramics : German : 20th Century]

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J J, Canada, 07.11.2006

Hanger arrived safe and sound 11.30ish today. Very pleased, it's as expected. Your excellent pics make all the difference in terms of confident buying over the net. As a matter of interest, the frog, which as you said is very a/f, is, as you thought, 'spot on'. On closer inspection it is a mk.1 Naval Frog, designated 'for cutlasses'. Date seems around 1860ish give or take.

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C W, UK, 20.04.2006

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