158 - Beer Stein of Sedinia Greifswald, Schwarzburgbund, Glass with Star Base, Porcelain Lid, circa 1900

Beer Stein of Sedinia Greifswald, Schwarzburgbund, Glass with Star Base, Porcelain Lid, circa 1900 Glass, pewter, porcelain, beer stein of faceted glass with cut star base, pewter mount and lid insert of polychrome-decorated porcelain, in the centre the full coat of arms of the Schwarzburgbund fraternity Sedinia Greifswald with peaked helmet, red-gold-green mantling and three-coloured crest of ostrich feathers, flanked by two standards, the quartered shield shows the Prussian eagle top left, bundled arrows on a green ground top right, a bird of prey rising towards the sun bottom left and a red griffin bottom right, in the centre an inescutcheon in the colours green-gold-red, below the shield two crossed bell-guard Glockenschläger with the motto “JCH WAG’S GOTT WALT’S”, beside it the foundation date “24. VII. 1884”, above the motto “Sedinia sei’s Panier!”, sculpted eagle as thumb rest, capacity 0.5 l, inside on the porcelain panel a handwritten dedication “T. Gottheis st. th. / s. l. Lbfx / W. Braune st. th. / z. fr. Erg. / Gryps. W. S. 99/00”, painter's signature “Otto Häberlein”, good condition commensurate with age with light traces of use, pewter mount at the handle slightly loosened, D. 11 cm, H. 20 cm Sedinia was founded in 1884 at the University of Greifswald as a Christian, non-fencing fraternity, named after the Pomeranian provincial capital Stettin, and bears the colours red-gold-green; until its forced dissolution in 1936 it belonged to the Schwarzburgbund without interruption. It is one of the four fraternities from which the Schwarzburgbund emerged in 1887; the association took its name from the place of the meeting in Thuringia. A precursor was the Viererbund (league of four) formed in 1885 of Sedinia, Uttenruthia Erlangen, Tuiskonia Halle and Nordalbingia Leipzig. The fraternities of the league fence no Mensuren and are Christian in orientation; the principles of 2006 name, among others, Christianum, Lebensbund and scholarship. In the dedication “s. l. Lbfx” stands for “seinem lieben Leibfuchs” (to his dear Leibfuchs), “z. fr. Erg.” for “zur freundlichen Erinnerung” (in friendly remembrance) and “W. S.” for the winter semester. The Leibverhältnis between Leibbursch and Leibfuchs often extends beyond the Fuchs period and can be the basis of a lifelong friendship.