Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Both sleeves have button down

Both sleeves have button down cuffs with olive green metal buttons on both sides

1913 for six weeks

Broad" and dated May 19

measuring 62 mm x 47 mm

Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Both sleeves have button down(Heer Grabenkunst Streichholzschachtel). Constructed of magnetic steel, the cover bearing a raised profile of a Heer soldier wearing a Stahlhelm opening on a functional hinge to reveal a hollow interior with a lip to accommodate a matchbox, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), notably retaining a package of Strike Rite matches, produced in London, Ontario, c. 1944, added by the Canadian serviceman who retrieved the case from Europe during the