Reserve whistle field artillery Darmstadt 1895-1897

Lot 9384 limit € 260

Whistle shaft with hose piece, decorated turned and carved elements (including horn, wood, antler crown), embossed metal application, small portrait with Hindenburg, attached small suit. Small picture of a soldier with a woman, the lower end of the pipe is porcelain, the pipe bowl is sculpted on the side, the face is Regent and "Cannon thunder is our greeting", on the reverse. Reservist with his girl, "Cannonier Ohrig (?) Souvenirs from the Dienstz. bd 4. Batt. Großh. Hess. Feldart. N. 25 Darmstadt 1895-97", list of names, pipe cover as a helmet, pipe bowl L approx. 16 cm, pipes -L approx. 114 cm, unchecked, signs of age and wear (among other things, the bowl of the pipe is slightly damaged in the areas with relief work), from a private reservist's pipe collection