A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction Archive 188" sewn to the reverse

188" sewn to the reverse

and with U-Boot Day armband

in addition to those relating to his service during the Korean War (taken in Tokyo

with a green felt underside

around the age of 14

A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction Archive 188" sewn to the reverseA 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