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This tall raised relief earthenware regimental from the 4th Howitzer Battery, 3rd Guard Field Artillery Regiment in Beeskow was owned by Reservist Gefreiter Stohr who served from 1912 - 1914. Gefreiter Stohr apparently wanted all the options on his stein. One of the gunners on the lid is holding a photograph of Wiliam II, the gun has a spring loaded plunger and will shoot match sticks. The thumblift is a large horse and rider with a guard star enblem hanging from the horse. The horse's head has an "eye" called a stanhope that is 2 small magnifying lenses with a "micro dot" type transparency sandwiched between them. Hold the lens to your eye and a scene is visible. These scenes are generally photographs of the daily parade or the kasserne. Unfortunately these small images have not stood the test of time, particularly if a stein was washed, as most often the images no longer exist in the lens.
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