Prospect of Whitby Antiques - Miscellaneous

117th Infantry Regiment from Mainz Stein

Price: $325.00

Good condition stein named to Reservist Hauf. It is for the 117th Life Infantry Regiment from Mainz. Condition rates only as good as there has been a hole drilled into the bottom of this stein. Interestingly the family from whom this was acquired explained that after the death of this individual, the hole was drilled so that nobody else could drink from this stein. It commemorates his service in the years 1910-1912, just prior to the First World War. Possibly a KIA? Interesting piece.