Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Artillery Shell Glass Tankard Hold bronze with navy blue enamels

bronze with navy blue enamels

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horizontally pierced suspension ball adorned by hand engraved cross)

(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II Klasse 1914

and white edging

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Artillery Shell Glass Tankard Hold bronze with navy blue enamels(Patriotischer Bierkrug). Constructed of glass, the size bearing an expertly etched inscriptions of KRIEGS JAHR 1914 15 (WAR YEAR 1914 15), situated within a downward oriented semi circular laurel and oak leaf wreath, with a protruding handled fitted with a functional brass alloy hinge and thumbpiece, in turn connecting to a lid of identical construction and executed in the style of an artillery shell fuse, unmarked, measuring 8 cm (w) x 23 cm (h),