Original Imperial German Pre-WWI Kaiserliche Marine Navy Veteran's Silk Banner - 57” x 50” Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The inside reads TO SPUD

The inside reads TO SPUD WITH OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION ERIN-VILLA LADIES

As typical of the design

Left New Orleans

there are rack markings on spine of the buttstock : 6 / F / 18 as well as on the right buttstock: G

The brown leather sweatband does show wear

Original Imperial German Pre-WWI Kaiserliche Marine Navy Veteran's Silk Banner - 57” x 50” Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The inside reads TO SPUDOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an exceptional Imperial German Kaiserliche Marine veteran silk banner, offered in fantastic condition! The Imperial German Navy or the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for coast defense. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded the navy. The key