A Very Attractive Pre WW1 German Military Beer Stein of the 46th Artillery

Souvenir of service for a WW1 volunteer.An Imperial Prussian stein for 4 Battery, Niedersachs Feld Artillery, Regt. 46, for the years 1904-1906. Lower Saxony Field Artillery Regiment No. 46. The recipient then volunteered back into the regiment and served in WW1. Superbly decorated. Transfer glazed with hand painted highlights with scenes of the field artillery in combat. Personally named 'in memory of my service' to the recipient 'Kanonier Bahrwald', and further named with every man's name from the regiment 47 names in all Souvenirs of service were purchased by reservists once there service was finished, in this case 1906. Steins seem to have been the most popular purchases. The period of popularity extended from the mid 1890s until the onset of World War I. Examples exist from the 1850s on, but were few in number and individually purchased items. Almost all early examples came from Bavarian units. Steins with wartime dates also exist but the demands of the war in terms of men and material effectively ended the manufacture of regimental steins as we know them. Steins were ordered from military shops in the area around the garrison town or through the representatives of stein manufacturers. Normally ordered in the spring, they were delivered in early September, just prior to mustering out. The average cost approximated a month?s salary for a German private of that period. The base shows when lit internally the hidden factory 'watermark' in the porcelain. The base also has two old damage areas where the base has been penetrated and in other one area fixed see photo The lid's artillery cannon has the barrel lacking. The Regiment was part of the 20th Infantry Division in WW1. Their actions in WW1 were as follows Calendar of battles and engagements 20th Infantry Division (Western Front) 08.08.-08.16.1914 Conquest of Li?ge 23.08.-08.24.1914 Battle of Namur 29.08.-08.30.1914 Battle of St. Quentin 06.09.-09.09.1914 Battle of Petit-Morin 12.09.-09.13.1914 Fighting at Reims 13.09.1914-18.04.1915 Fighting at the Aisne 21.04.-04.30.1915 Transport to the east 20th Infantry Division (Eastern Front) 05.05.-05.23.1915 Pursuits after the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow 16.05.-05.23.1915 Crossing over the San 24.05.-05.26.1915 Fight at Radymno and San 27.05.-04.06.1915 Fight at the bridgehead of Jaroslau 12.06.-06.15.1915 Breakthrough battle at Lubaczow 17.06.-06.22.1915 Battle of Lviv 22.06.-07.16.1915 Pursuit battles on the Galician-Polish border 16.07.-07.18.1915 Breakthrough Battle of Krasnostaw 19.07.-07.28.1915 Fighting after the breakthrough battle of Krasnostaw 29.07.-07.30.1915 Breakthrough Battle of Biskupice 31.07.-08.10.1915 Pursuit battles from Wieprz to Bug 12.09.-09.26.1915 Reserve of OH-L. and transport to the west 20th Infantry Division (Western Front) 27.09.-10.18.1915 Autumn Battle in Champagne 31.10.1915-16.05.1916 Fighting at the Aisne 03/10/1916 Storming of the mountain at La Ville aux Bois 18.05.-01.06.1916 Transport to the east 20th Infantry Division (Eastern Front) 14.06.-07.15.1916 Fights on Stochod 16.07.-07.27.1916 Fighting on the upper Styr-Stochod 28.07.-04.11.1916 Battle of Kovel 05.11.-11.18.1916 Positional fights on ob. Styr-Stochod 20.11.-11.25.1916 Transport to the west 20th Infantry Division (Western Front) 26.11.1916-05.01.1917 training 06.01.-02.03.1917 Fighting at the Aisne 10.04.-05.08.1917 Battle of the Aisne 15.05.-04.07.1917 Positional fights in Champagne 05.07.-07.12.1917 Transport to the east 20th Infantry Division (Eastern Front) 13.07.-07.22.1917 Fighting on the Lomnica near Kalusz 23.07.-07.30.1917 Pursuit battles in eastern Galicia 31.07.-02.08.1917 Fighting for Zbrucz, between Zbrucz and Sereth 03.08.-08.16.1917 Position fights between Zbrucz and Sereth 30.08.-08.31.1917 Position fights before Riga 01.09.-05.09.1917 Battle for Riga 09/02/1917 Fights on the Big Jail 09/03/1917 Wholesale Kangern 09/04/1917 Conquest of Bh. Hinzenberg 09/04/1917 Pursuit battles towards the Riga-Wenden road 06.09.-09.10.1917 Positional fighting north of the D?na 10.09.-09.20.1917 Transport to the west 20th Infantry Division (Western Front) 27.09.-10.10.1917 Battle in Flanders 20.11.1917-17.02.1918 Positional fights in the Artois 20.11.-11.29.1917 The tank battle at Cambrai 30.11.-07.12.1917 Attack Battle at Cambrai 18.02.-03.20.1918 Training and march to the 'Great Battle of France' 21.03.-04.06.1918 Great battle in France 21.03.-03.23.1918 Breakthrough Battle Monchy-Cambrai 21.03.-03.23.1918 Fight for Morchies and Beugny 24.03.-03.25.1918 Battle of Bapaume 22.04.-05.25.1918 Fighting positions between Maas and Mosel: on the Maashohe at Lamorville-Spada and St. Mihiel 25.05.-06.25.1918 Reserve of OH-L. at Arlon 18.07.-07.26.1918 Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims 27.07.-03.08.1918 The mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle 03.08.-08.17.1918 Reserve Army Group German Kronprinz or Boehn 28.08.-02.09.1918 Battle of Monchy-Bapaume 06.09.-09.26.1918 Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front 27.09.-08.10.1918 Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin 03.11.-11.11.1918 Defensive battle on the Maas 03.11.-11.11.1918 Defensive battles between Maas and Beaumont 12.11.-12.23.1918 Clearance of the occupied territory and march home 12 inches high overall