December 2004 Prosit 48 pages including informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print. Feature article: Occupational Steins - Part I by Phil Masenheimer Also in this issue: Alchemist? No Way! - Walt Vogdes Mettlach Plaques vs. Steins - Robert D. Wilson Copper Wheel-cut Engraved Glass - Ron Fox Prohibition and American Beer Steins - Jack Strand Regimentals, E-bay & SPAM - Art Hechler An American Regimental II - Neil Barton, M.D. American Naval Stein Ron Fox Mission San Jose Stein - Lawrence Beckendorff HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - John McGregor Mettlach Percent (%) Mark Explained - Robert D. Wilson In Memory of Thomas Thetcher 1764 - Martin Kiely The Merkelbach Cat Stein (poem) - S. J. Brainard Reservist Reproduction Steins - Stephen Lee Smith Schlaraffenland (Glutton's or Fool's Paradise) - John McGregor Ludwig Foltz II, Part Ib. More Proto-Mettlach Drinking Vessels - Dr. Roy DeSelms and Robert VBM Wilson The Wonderful World of Johann Maresch - Gene Manusov The Beer Stein Museum Research Library and Archives - Lyn Ayers Talking About Glass Steins - Flutes - James B. Sauer