A First War German “Wartime Years 1914/15” Matchbox Cover Newly Listed and was taken prisoner with

and was taken prisoner with what were left of his men

Military Long Service Cross

San Diego and (by 1931) Ensenada

1919 at No

nearly 100% intact

A First War German “Wartime Years 1914/15” Matchbox Cover Newly Listed and was taken prisoner withA First War (Imperial) German matchbox cover, depicting an Iron Cross 1914 First Class with the inscriptions Kriegsjahre 1914 15 (Wartime Years 1914 15); constructed of pressed sheet metal (magnetic); soldered on one side; 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 60