Germany, Imperial. A Commemorative Flask to Reservist Strauss Archive 1918 on "Compassionate Grounds"

1918 on "Compassionate Grounds"

hungry and frostbitten men of the 5th Italian Infantry Division ended

affixed to a 60 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback

four die-holes at one end

Germany, Imperial. A Commemorative Flask to Reservist Strauss Archive 1918 on "Compassionate Grounds"(Reservistenflasche). Constructed of a silvered metal alloy, the obverse featuring a red card stock inset covered by a transparent celluloid face, overlaid by a banner bearing an owners name of RES. STRAUSS 3. CP., defaced by a silvered bronze starburst which obscured additional inscriptions, itself bearing a central enameled medallion overlaid by a shoulder board of Kaiser Alexander Garde Grenadier Regiment 1, circumscribed by an inscription of ZUR