Commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the first world war with this special mugmade by skilled craftsmen in the heart of the potteries in staffordshire using traditional methods the mug is a moving tribute to the hundreds of thousands of men who died for their country between 4th august 1914 and 11th november 1918the mug is made in fine bone china and printed on the front with the poem in flanders fields written by the young canadian physician lt col john mccrae the poem beca