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Reinhold Merkelbach Beer Stein
Heinrich Manger Pewter Lid
THIS IS AN ANTIQUE GERMAN BEER STEIN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
AND THIS WORK REFLECTS A CULTURE OF PRECISION, THE STRIVING FOR PERFECTION….. AND ONE OF FORETHOUGHT, WITH A THOROUGH LOOKING AHEAD DOWN THE ROAD TO AVOID OBSTACLES.
………AT LEAST IT ONCE WAS!
MODERN BAVARIA, HOWEVER, MAY HAVE LOST ITS WAY. POROUS BORDERS & LAX LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY HAVE LED TO CRIME SO BRAZEN THAT IT NOW VICTIMIZES THE MOST HOLY OF SEASONS.
AND EVEN IF THE BASICS WENT OFF THE RAILS IN THE MID 20th CENTURY, AND CERTAINLY NEEDED CORRECTION……
…..SOMETIMES GOING BACK TO THE BASICS, WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, CAN WORK….WUNDERS!
BUT, REGARDLESS, ONE CAN APPRECIATE THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THIS BEER STEIN THAT HAS SINCE LONG OUTLIVED THOSE WHO DESIGNED IT.
AND, WHILE SURE, THE LIGHTHEARTED COMRADERY SCENE DEPICTS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN offerDING TO OUTDRINK EACH OTHER…….MUCH CAN BE APPRECIATED TO SEE BRETHREN DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY.