Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Greifenorden Komturkreuz)

(Greifenorden Komturkreuz)

The visor is constructed of brown lacquered vulkanfibre and is securely stitched into the body of the cap

An 1866 Pattern 90th Rifles of Canada (Winnipeg) Helmet Plate - C

measuring 270 mm (w) x 100 mm (h)

and measures 85 mm (w) x 131

Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Greifenorden Komturkreuz)(Heer Grabenkunst Streichholzschachtel). Constructed of magnetic steel, the cover bearing a raised profile of a Heer soldier wearing a Stahlhelm opening on a functional hinge to reveal a hollow interior with a lip to accommodate a matchbox, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), notably retaining a package of Strike Rite matches, produced in London, Ontario, c. 1944, added by the Canadian serviceman who retrieved the case from Europe during the