64 - Reservist's pipe bowl with water sack, 1st Guards Dragoon Regiment Königin Viktoria, Berlin 1890/93

Reservist's pipe bowl with water sack, 1st Guards Dragoon Regiment Königin Viktoria, Berlin 1890/93 Porcelain and metal, reservist's pipe bowl and water sack, also known as sump, of the 1st Guards Dragoon Regiment “Königin Viktoria von Großbritannien und Irland” in Berlin, 3rd squadron, term of service 1890 to 1893, polychrome painted pipe bowl, to the front a mounted dragoon with Pickelhaube with parade plume and lance, saying “Prosit Couleur!”, bearer's name in Fraktur script, on the reverse two dragoons in blue tunics at a table with tankards, saying “Prosit Reserve!”, inscribed “3. Esk. 1. Garde Drag. Reg.”, “K. v. Gr. u. Irl.”, “Berlin”, “1890-93.”, gold-coloured rim and metal mount, the lid missing, water sack with a sentry in front of a black and white striped sentry box, figure in red coat with plumed hat and raised tankard and the sayings “Halt wer da!” and “Kannst passieren.”, gold-coloured rings on both sockets, L. 20 cm Reservist pipes were made in the German Empire as souvenirs of military service; besides the porcelain bowl, the pipe comprised a wooden stem and a lid. The regiment bore the name of the British Queen Victoria and was quartered from 1855 to 1919 in the Guards Dragoon barracks on the former Belle-Alliance-Straße, today's Mehringdamm in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The barracks were built from 1850 to 1854, in 1855 a riding hall and a brick building with four stable wings were added; since 1923 the tax office has used the building. In the cavalry the term of service remained three years when the army bill of 1893 reduced the term of service of the foot troops to two years.