Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval Hold 1917 and would later be

1917 and would later be promoted to Lieutenant

and Russia (Soviet Union): Army Guard's Badge (bronze and enamels

reverse stamped with STERLING and hallmarked by Meyer

obverse centre with crowned stock

43 mm x 44 mm

Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval Hold 1917 and would later be(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