A First War German “Iron Cross 1914” Matchbox Cover Auction Archive late Nineteenth Century

late Nineteenth Century

it confirmed that he was injured at Ypres on "17

in which he scored the last 23½ of his 34 kills

measuring 38 mm x 29 mm

in pressed cardstock

A First War German “Iron Cross 1914” Matchbox Cover Auction Archive late Nineteenth CenturyA First War (Imperial) German Iron Cross 1914 matchbox cover; constructed of pressed sheet metal (magnetic); spot welded on two points; featuring a pebbled design on all four sides; 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; with an Iron Cross 1914 stamped into the obverse in high