Germany, Imperial. A First World War Dual Alliance Stein Auction (Albrechts-Orden)

(Albrechts-Orden)

each featuring blackened bronze mesh grommets

most likely a pattern or trial piece

evident traces of lacquer on obverse white enamel

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Dual Alliance Stein Auction (Albrechts-Orden)(Zweibund Erinnerungs Krug). A very well preserved First World War Dual Alliance commemorative stein, constructed of glazed off white earthenware, the exterior bearing a hand painted depiction of uniformed German and Austrian soldiers clutching national standards, above an inscription of WIR WOLLEN SEIN EIN EINIG VOLK VON BRDERN IN KEINER NOT UNS TRENNEN NOCH GEFAHR (WE WANT TO BE A UNITED PEOPLE OF BROTHERS IN NO NEED OR DANGERS), with a curved and