A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction On June 5th

On June 5th

5 km from the German line

Bright plating with early closer coarse grip

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

A First War Iron Cross 1914 & Fatherland Matchbox Cover Auction On June 5thA 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