Germany, Imperial. An 1898 Reservist’s Commemorative Pipe Auction (Heer Tropen Gürtel mit Schnalle)

(Heer Tropen Gürtel mit Schnalle)

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in order to aid the wounded and sick that had been rescued from HMS Harvester

1917 and proceeded overseas with the Canadian Light Horse for service in the French theatre on April 19

Germany, Imperial. An 1898 Reservist’s Commemorative Pipe Auction (Heer Tropen Gürtel mit Schnalle)(Reservistenpfeife). A personalized and finely detailed reservists commemorative pipe, constructed of a glazed white porcelain shaft, topped by a retractable silvered bronze lid in the form of a Pickelhaube, the exterior bearing hand painted scenes documenting the life of a reservist, including uniform issue, guard duty, fraternizing with fellow personnel, and returning home, with the illustrations surrounded by text descriptions of the scene, a unit