Germany, Imperial. A First World War Commemorative Stein Archive upon completion of twenty-one years'

upon completion of twenty-one years' service

clockwise from the left "SIGNUM / SACRI / ITINERIS / HIEROSOL" (A Token of Holy Pilgrimage to Jerusalem)

Mai” (May 1st = German Labour Day)

following the French occupation of the Ruhr

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Commemorative Stein Archive upon completion of twenty-one years'(Erinnerungskrug). Constructed of glazed off white earthenware, the exterior bearing striking hand painted imagery consisting of a central 1914 Iron Cross, situated within an oak leaf wreath, wrapped in a black, white, and red Imperial tri colour ribbon, joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing an inscription of WELTKRIEG 1914 1917 (WORLD WAR 1914 1917), topped by a German national eagle, situated above a unit dedication reading 1. ERS. BTL.,