Does anyone anything about this stein

[Lofty-25]

I just bought this stein on ebay from a seller in Australia

Would anyone know the origins ?


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[Gwyn Nicholas]

Possibly an item sold in the PRI. Cant remember anybody who worked there to check but its a thought.

[ivor43]

lofty.after a bit of digging.it appears to be manufactured by a firm called GERZ. the trademark gerzit was adopted post WW2.and it appears that minimum orders were about 60.this site may e of interest to you http://www.steincenter.com/


ivor

[Lofty-25]

Thanks for that Ivor, i will send then an e-mail

[ivor43]

you'r welcome. i find '' digging '' around the internet fascinating,you never know where you are going to end up. let us know if you get a result.it looks a nice piece


ivor

[Lofty-25]

Ivor,

This is the reply i got from SteinCenter.com:

Dave,

This is a custom stein that that unit had made. I don't know how many they ordered etc. Value is around $25 USD (£16.00)


John

[ivor43]

found a bit more info on :-.http://www.steinmarks.co.uk/pages/pv.asp?p=stein88 . if you scroll down you will see that the mark on the base (photo 9 ) was in use between 1960 /1990.
is there any event connected to Lemgo within that period that which might warrant this. maybe the closing of a mess or something similar ?
i was trying to find a link to the company but it closed in 1997

[Lofty-25]

Morning Ivor,

The only things i can think of is the time we were in Lemgo (1978 - 1982) or Alpha's doing an exchange visit to Australia or even the Queen's visit, but i would guess that most of these would have had some kind of inscription marking that

[ivor43]

ok. let's bounce a couple of ideas around.
the reason i think it could be concerned with a particular event is.after i left the police i had many jobs, but i was fortunate to, at the age of 55,land a Civil Service post with the R.A.F. at R.A.F. Wyton Cambs.i was registry support for the Hercules aircraft team. the team was given an award for some reason and it was decided that a mug with an 'in house 'design logo would be a good idea.( i still use mine when in the u.k. )
i agree if it had been for a royal visit then an inscription would probably been added.as you found this in Australia then i suspect that, and you will have to correct me on this if i am wrong. if the Alphas were on an exchange visit from Lemgo, then an Australian unit would have been in lemgo.this wold have made a nice souvenir of that visit.

[Lofty-25]

Ivor,

I would have thought the same, but when we 'Delta's' went to Denmark, a stein/mug was produced (as shown below), making me wonder if the stein i just bought was somthing the Battalion bought out for no other reason than a bringing it out to say we have been in Lemgo

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