A First War Aef French Theatre Battles Matchbox Cover 1918 Buy Now two have five-sided aluminum frame

two have five-sided aluminum frame suspensions with pinbacks

4th Reinforcement Draft on November 23

date engraved "1907"

Tank Badge Grade III

rivets slack

A First War Aef French Theatre Battles Matchbox Cover 1918 Buy Now two have five-sided aluminum frameTwo piece construction, brass disk bearing a right facing Marianne, inscribed "REPUBLIQUE" at the left and "FRANAISE" at the right, affixed to the front panel of the thick brass base, spine engraved "R. Murphy", back panel engraved "SOMME VERDUN ARGONNE ST. MEHIEL 1918", with an almost full matchbox inside, contaning thirty matches, the matchbox marked with the Red Cross in the centre and inscribed "THE RED CROSS LICENSES SAFETY MATCH MADE BY NITEDALS