Germany, Imperial. A First World War Commemorative Stein Archive Civil service included outstanding work

Civil service included outstanding work in the fields of Art and Science

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

Frederick VIII was a liberal monarch who was much more favourable to the new parliamentary system introduced in 1901 than his father had been

in the shape of a shield

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Commemorative Stein Archive Civil service included outstanding work(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.,