Original Bakelite Ceramic Pipe rations The camera is fairly clean

The camera is fairly clean

The prefix A is for enlisted soldiers

The sides have some chipped paint

Along the waist there is a big pull / imperfection in the material (can be mostly hidden by the belt)

Original Bakelite Ceramic Pipe rations The camera is fairly cleanBeautiful original German Bakelite smoking pipes with a ceramic lined bowl. These are dead stock vintage in good condition. I can say though that they are a little bit fragile as out of the box of pipes, a few had broken where the stem attached to the bowl. The pipe should be disassemble able, but the bits are tightly fit together (some come apart more easily than others and some I wouldn't want to risk breaking them just to take them apart). I am not