Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval Auction fabricated from bakelite

fabricated from bakelite

Both on hard stock

1944 near Point Tagan

2) A Stalag Luft IV POW Camp ID tag for allied prisoners of housed in Gross Tychow

purple paper backer

Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval Auction fabricated from bakelite(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