Germany, Imperial. Five Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Postcards Archive The piece may be seen

The piece may be seen as an artistic contribution to the political environment characterized or defined by "a will for war"

The straight crossguard features downward rolled quillons with a twisted rope pattern border and triplet design on the obverse and reverse quillon block

fraying evident on the liner on the inside lid

probably "in field"

Germany, Imperial. Five Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Postcards Archive The piece may be seenReturn of the U 53 Crew (printed in black ink on a thin white card stock, obverse illustrating the thirty six man crew of U 53, inscribed in Gothic text " "U 53" glcklich zurckgekehrt! Die Mannschaft." at the upper left, "Kapitnleutnant Rose" at the bottom, coded "6006" above the interlocking initials "NPG" at the lower left and studio marked "Atelier Kloppmann, Wilhelmshaven" at the lower right, reverse with a handwritten inscription in black ink and