Germany, Imperial. A First World War Commemorative Stein Archive A destroyer

A destroyer

in the shape of a shield

Mai” (May 1st = German Labour Day)

The organisation became the “Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront” (Sudeten German Home Front) in 1933 and the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) in 1935

following the French occupation of the Ruhr

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Commemorative Stein Archive A destroyer(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.,