A Most Decorative Imperial German WW1 Soldiers Zeppelin Flask

This is a superb WW1 German Reservists flask (Reservistenflasche). A glass schnapps flask encased in a decorative enamelled metal jacket, with a lanyard in the black, white,black and red colours of the Imperial German Reich. They were made by between 1871 and 1918, for sale to conscripts, wives or sweethearts of soldiers as a memento of their service time. The front and rear of the flask are covered in military themed vignettes, with, a military regimental panel attached to the front, and to the rear a rotating panel surrounded with picture portraits of pretty ladies. The lid is a cup of a soldier sitting astride a Zeppelin that turns to become a drinking cup. Named for the Minden Regt. The figure on the Zeppelin in lacking one arm.

Code: 22326