A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Newly Listed He joined the 14th Battery

He joined the 14th Battery

violinist and historian

marked “13” on the loop

the leaders have organized a small birthday party in my honour

A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Newly Listed He joined the 14th BatteryA 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