Germany, Imperial. A First World War Austro-German Alliance Patriotic Stein consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 000 soldiers on September 6th

000 soldiers on September 6th

the tip of black wool base missing on the left wing

1939 – # 15

accompanied by breast star with a vertical pinback and dual stays

significant oxidation is evident throughout

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Austro-German Alliance Patriotic Stein consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 000 soldiers on September 6th(Bierkrug). Constructed of glazed off white earthenware, the exterior bearing central painted images of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Joseph, situated within a green oak leaf wreath wrapped in ribbons executed in the red, white, and black tri colours of Germany and the black and yellow bi colours of Austria, joined together at the bottom by German and Austro Hungarian coats of arms with a central 1914 Iron Cross, topped by a date of 1914, and