So my German grandma passed away recently and going through the house I found this beer stein. My grandpa is still with us who is American. He was stationed in Germany after WWII in Bavaria area. Anyways one of my grandmas brothers gave this to my grandpa back in the day. I tried to translate it but it didn’t make a lot of sense. It said something like “friendly shooting”. Might anyone know what this might mean?

Thank you in advance! Side note there is nothing on the bottom.

by lar0s

5 comments

  1. Friendship shooting

    Wich means he was part of a Schützenclub, wich is a Community where one can shoot Air Rifles and if they have the Range and a Permit even some higher Caliber Guns such as Pistols or Hunting Rifles. The Friendshooting was probaly them visting or being visited by another Schützenclub

  3. the cover-inscription indicates there was a shooting event / competition in 1953, a so called ‘friendship-shooting’. this should be a traditional event in this particular shooting club – priv. schützengesellschaft st.-georgen gegr. 1720 – or even region. so this is linked to a traditional gun club. things changed a lot but there are still today a lot of regions in germany with different kinds of shooting clubs with a variety of traditions. gun clubs are recognized as immaterial cultural heritage.

  4. guy on the lid probably won this at a friendly shooting competition at the shooting club named on the stein itself

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