Silver. Ovoid, profiled, and ascending stand with a short, strongly drawn-in shaft, transitioning into a curved, widely swinging, smooth body. Crowned by a domed lid with a faceted handle. Stand, cup, and lid eight times wide, facetted. The edge of the body surrounded by a gadrooned band. On the sides, two high ascending, faceted handles. The lid engraved on the visible side with a dedication inscription "KAISER WILHELM II DEM SIEGER DÜSSELDORF 23. JUNI 1912." Gilded inside. Marked 800, maker's mark, dealer's mark. Weight approximately 4275 g. Height 41.5 cm. 50.5 cm x 23 cm. The so-called "Herrnreiter" contributed from the beginning of horse racing in Germany from 1822 to 1914 to an ever-increasing popularity of German horse racing. It primarily involved amateur riders, predominantly from wealthy military and noble families. Major A.D. Helmut von Bock und Pollach won the so-called "Kaiserpreis" as such a Herrnreiter on his horse "Liebesritter" at the Düsseldorfer Kaiserjagdrennen on June 23, 1912. See "Das deutsche Reiterbuch 1929, p. 11, fig. p. 101." A large representative German silver honorary prize donated by Kaiser Wilhelm II for the winner of the Emperor's Award hunting race Major (ret.) Helmut von Bock und Polach in 1912. With engraved inscription and dated. Gilt inside. Standard mark 800, maker's and dealer's mark. German. Berlin. Emil Harnisch for Hofjuwelier Gebrüder Friedländer. Circa 1912.