Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Artillery Shell Glass Tankard Hold black-painted

black-painted

(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II Klasse 1914

measuring 126x91mm

79 grams including ribbon

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Patriotic Artillery Shell Glass Tankard Hold black-painted(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),