Description: This unique beautiful reporduction stein showcases a detailed painting of the 1st Royal Bavarian Pionier (Combat Engineers) Battalion 1910 -1912. The two prominent German words, 'Erinnerung an' (memory of) and 'Meine Dienstzeit' (my period of service), add depth to its character. The lid has two sayings, one is - The brother clinks the glasses. Long live the reserve man. Standing at 11 inches tall it boasts an impressively styled pewter lid featuring a soldier holding an anchor and a shovel. The thumblift is a royal lion behind a shield. The stein and lid are in very good vintage condition, with a high-gloss finish and rich colors that pop against the white milk glass. The painting depicts a soldiers building a pontoon bridge, on the other side shows saying goodbye to their girl. The Lithopane in the bottom of the stein features a peasant couple dressed in traditional costume sitting next to each other. A unique and well-crafted collectible, perfect for sparking conversations and enhancing any collection. This stein is a well executed reporduction likely done between the 1960s-1980's. We truly appreciate your interest in this stein. Don't hesitate to make it your own! GENERAL HISTORY OF THESE STEINS - If any one thing captures the spirit of Imperial Germany's Armed Forces in beautiful fashion it has to be the Regimental Beer Stein. The regimental beer steins came in with the upsurge of German nationalism and pride in the success in the Franco-Russian War and a young popular emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II began an expansion of Germany?s military system in 1888. Military service was originally for men 17 to 45 years of age. The tour of active duty was 3 years for Calvary and Navy, and 2 years for others. Upon completion of their active duty these men became reservists. It is the reservists and not the professionals who carried souvenirs such as steins, pipes, flasks, beakers, cups, swords and many other items. Pride in their class and unit was all reservists names recorded on the earned steins. Regimental Steins were usually produced in porcelain, occasionally they were of pottery or stoneware or very rarely of glass or pewter. The decorations generally depicted typical training scenes, portraits or rarely combat scenes. The glazes on these steins included great varieties of color and brilliance. The decorations were primarily transfer decorated, that is the designs were printed on silk screened decal that was put on the body, touched up and hand fashioned, then fired. The pewter work on most regimental steins is both elaborate and meaningful. The lids, the finials, thumb lifts are symbolic of the areas, scenes or national emblems and human figures, cannons, helmets, crowns, eagles, griffons, glass tops, etc. All are seen on these magnificent mementos. Sayings that are catchwords for the units are often included such as ?Cannon Thunder is Our Greeting?. Most porcelain steins have lithophane bottoms mostly depicting a soldier and maiden, home scenes, nature, and outdoor scenes. Lithophane scenes were translucent pictures seen when holding a stein bottom up and looking inside. Providing a scene so as to be collected by beer drinkers. It was an invention of the late 1880?s. Hussars, dragoons, foot soldiers of the infantry, guard regiments, grenadier, engineers, sailors, train battalion soldiers, machine gunners, artillerymen all loved these steins and brought them forward. The German Regimental Beer Stein will forever be the sacred spirit of the age of Imperial Glory.
Price: 49 USD
Location: Ignacio, Colorado
End Time: 2024-12-21T07:03:21.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Object Type: Lidded Stein
Theme: Breweriana
Country/Region: Germany
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
