A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction measuring 42 mm x 87

measuring 42 mm x 87 mm

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

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The Battalion was redesignated the "47th Western Ontario Battalion" in February 1918

A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction measuring 42 mm x 87A 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