Germany, Imperial. An 1898 Reservist’s Commemorative Pipe Auction certificates and people with histories

certificates and people with histories and captions

stamped with mark of Hugh G

matching numbesrs

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

Type I (GRI)

Germany, Imperial. An 1898 Reservist’s Commemorative Pipe Auction certificates and people with histories(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