A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction Bright plating with early closer

Bright plating with early closer coarse grip

the crown in silver bullion wire with maroon felt in the crown and touches of red

5 km from the German line

reporting wounded and remaining at duty on the 24th

dates (presumably by H

A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction Bright plating with early closerA First War (Imperial) German matchbox cover; in field gray stamped sheet metal (magnetic); with Mit Herz und Hand frs Vaterland, 1914, 1915, 1916, Hindenburg, Moltke, Kaiser printed on it with black lettering; two piece construction with crimps; with one 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