Description
stating that he had previous military service with the 6th Regiment Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles and the 104th Regiment Westminster Fusiliers of Canada
The top of the stein is neatly engraved with an inscription that commemorates the owner's time as an unteroffizier with his unit in Kassel
Footnote: Gertrud Ciszweski
/ From the dominant jaw to the fearless eyes / The mien of dauntless strength
with a central sword plunging into a five-headed Hydra
Germany, Imperial. An 1889 City Of Freiburg Merit Medal Archive stating that he had previous(Stadt Freiburg Leistungsmedaille). Constructed of gilded silver, the obverse with a central bird perched on top of a branch, circumscribed by an inscription of PRMIIRT FR VORZGLICHE LEISTUNG (PRIZE FOR EXCEPTIONAL MERIT), with an etched inscription of FREIBERG 23 25 NOV. 1889, the reverse with an inscription of OHNE FLEISS KEIN PREISS (WITHOUT EFFORT, NO REWARD), measuring 33. 32 mm in diameter, weighing 17. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.