1. Porcelain pipe with wreath and Iron Cross.
- Subjects
- Smoking paraphernalia., Tobacco pipes., Flags depicted. Germany, Oak, depicted., Leaves, depicted., Berries, depicted., Wreaths, depicted., Laurel, depicted., Caps and closures, depicted., Patriotic music., Songs depicted. Texts, Iron Cross, depicted., Bows (Ribbon work), depicted., Collectibles 20th century., World War, 1914-1918., World War, 1914-1918 Collectibles., Articles pour fumeurs., Pipes., Chêne., Feuilles., Baies (Fruits), Couronnes (Ornements), Laurus., Musique patriotique., Objets de collection 20e siècle., Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918., Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Objets de collection., pipes (smoking equipment), oak (wood), leaf (plant material), wreaths (costume accessories), Berries., Bows (Ribbon work), Caps and closures., Collectibles., Flags., Iron Cross., Laurel., Leaves., Oak., Patriotic music., Smoking paraphernalia., Songs., Tobacco pipes., Wreaths., Germany History 20th century., Rhine River History 20th century., Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle., Rhin (Fleuve) Histoire 20e siècle., Germany., Rhine River.
- Abstract
Pipe has a wooden stem and mouthpiece, with a porcelain bowl and shank. There is a length of thin string or twine wound around the top of the stem, with two small green pom-poms attached to the ends. There is also a hinged metal cap attached to the top of the bowl. At the bend in the shank is an image of an Iron Cross with the inscriptions, "W" and "1914", surrounded by a laurel wreath tied with a bow. On the front of the bowl is the inscription, "Fest steht der deutschen Bruderstämme Wacht am Rhein." surrounded by another wreath with berries, German flags, and oak leaves. The words are similar to the lyrics of "Die Wacht am Rhein", a German patriotic anthem, and roughly translate to "Strong stands the German brotherhood watch on the Rhine". Below is inscribed "1915". On the back of bowl, facing the stem, is inscribed, "Armee Abteilung Gaede". This was a detachment of the German Army during World War I, named after its commander General Hans Gaede and later known as Armee-Abteilung B.
- Published
- 1915