Reserve whistle infantry Coblenz 1895

Lot 9386 limit € 230

Pipe shaft with hose piece, decorated turned and carved elements (among others made of horn, wood, antler crown), lower end of pipe porcelain, pipe bowl sculpted on the side, front soldier and civilian shake hands, below fireman, above imperial portrait, "Reserv. Paul Kipper Willkommen mein dear brother-in-law souvenir of Schw. Wilh. Engels bd 11 Comp. 6 rhn Inftr. Rgt. N 68 Coblenz 1898", pipe cover, pipe bowl length approx. 16 cm, pipe length approx. 117 cm, unchecked, signs of age and wear (including a crack on the upper edge of the body of the pipe), from a private collection of reservists' pipes