Germany, Third Reich. A Christmas 1940 Stalag Vii-A Pow Camp Personnel Stein United Republic of affording the enemy excellent visibility

affording the enemy excellent visibility

an original second style ribbon with period brooch pinback

Thirty-six hours after he was wounded

At the time of his death in 1946

the reverse bearing an engraved institution date of “16

Germany, Third Reich. A Christmas 1940 Stalag Vii-A Pow Camp Personnel Stein United Republic of affording the enemy excellent visibility(Stammlager VII A Bierkrug). A rare commemorative stein belonging to a member of the security or administrative personnel of the infamous Stalag VII A POW camp near Moosburg, Bavaria, constructed of glazed earthenware, the exterior bearing a hand painted guard tower flanked by a fence and barracks, circumscribed by an inscription of STALAG VII A KRIEGSWEIHNACHT 1940 (STALAG VII A CHRISTMAS AT WAR 1940), with a curved protruding handle flanked by a