A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction and a semi-circular banner above

and a semi-circular banner above his head with the recessed letters (NSFK”

measuring 42 mm x 87 mm

5 km from the German line

Bright plating with early closer coarse grip

From 1926 to 1928

A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction and a semi-circular banner aboveA 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