A First War Aef French Theatre Battles Matchbox Cover 1918 Hold Cross measures 36 x 36mm

Cross measures 36 x 36mm

with Recon Waffenfarbe in the center

Silvered bronze with a bronze gilt inserted centrepiece

version issued circa 1925

A First War Aef French Theatre Battles Matchbox Cover 1918 Hold Cross measures 36 x 36mmTwo 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