A First War German “Gott Mit Uns” War Captured Matchbox Cover With Matchbox Archive The Netherlands

The Netherlands

A Second War Group of  Four Awards - War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (bronze gilt on tombac

17 inches in length

a torch in the left foreground of the illustration with the heading to the right of the torch in red

accented with black piping along the top edge

A First War German “Gott Mit Uns” War Captured Matchbox Cover With Matchbox Archive The NetherlandsA First War (Imperial) Gott Mit Uns (God with Us) war captured matchbox cover; constructed of pressed brass; depicting the centerpiece of a First War German belt buckle; uniquely stamped with Like Hell He Was in response to the motto on the belt buckle centerpiece; with France 1918 1919 scratched into the side of the cover; consisting of three sides slightly bent to pinch the matchbox and thereby hold it in place; the fourth side is left open to