Germany, Imperial. An 1898 Reservist’s Commemorative Pipe Auction set on a 26 mm-long

set on a 26 mm-long zink bar with horizontal pinback

(Heer Tropen Gürtel mit Schnalle)

stamped with mark of Hugh G

certificates and people with histories and captions

Type I (GRI)

Germany, Imperial. An 1898 Reservist’s Commemorative Pipe Auction set on a 26 mm-long(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