A First War German “Strength And Defensiveness For Righteousness And Honour” Matchbox Cover Hold reverse with a postcard-style backer

reverse with a postcard-style backer and a handwritten pencil inscription in French

was a close copy

53 mm x 109 mm

Viola Hisson

A First War German “Strength And Defensiveness For Righteousness And Honour” Matchbox Cover Hold reverse with a postcard-style backerA First War (Imperial) German matchbox cover; in nickel silver; with an Iron Cross 1914 First Class on the obverse with Kraft Und Wehr Fr Recht Und Ehr; with the three rivets holding the cover together lost through time; with two of the sides partially cut out to allow the fingers to slide the matchbox out of the cover once empty, and to strike the match on the igniter strip; with a cut out on the bottom to push out the matchbox drawer; measuring 61