WWI German Imperial Matchbox Cover - Brass
inscribed below “Für Rettung aus Gefahr” (German - For Rescue from Danger)
It is on record that twenty-two years previous
A matching set of Flak/Artillery Obergefreiter collar tabs
that is currently tightly wrapped around the exterior of the helmet
Germany, Federal Republic. A Mint Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 Province of China WWI German Imperial Matchbox Cover(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet retaining a suspension ring and period original length of neck ribbon,