A First War German Matchbox Cover Depicting A Battle Scene Hold and edged with silver aluminum

and edged with silver aluminum twisted cord

Cyclops as "Spare Crew" on June 8

35mm(w) x 53

He was placed "on leave" in Regensburg over the Christmas period (December 21

By the end of his operational tour in September 1917

A First War German Matchbox Cover Depicting A Battle Scene Hold and edged with silver aluminumA First War (Imperial) German matchbox cover, depicting a group of German soldiers storming a trench; constructed of pressed sheet medal (magnetic); crimped on one side; with 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; measuring 61 mm x 40 mm; dark attractive patina with contact