Description
You are bidding on a SUPERB example of a WW2 German Luftwaffe Schnapps Decanter, made to resemble an 8,8cm Flak Shell! Produced around 1942 by Junghans (which produced the original clockwork timers for the top fuse), these were presented to various high-ranking personnel as gifts (usually during the Christmas Season).
The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of the conflict. The gun was universally known as the Acht-acht (“eight-eight”) by the Germans and the “eighty-eight” by the Allies. Due to its lethality, especially as a tank killer, the eighty-eight was greatly feared by Allied soldiers.