Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval Auction decorated in large swirls on

decorated in large swirls on its upper

fabricated from bakelite

19 April 1944) and then-SS Standartenführer Karl Demelhuber

with an overall body length of 88 cm

Both on hard stock

Germany, Heer. A Trench Art Matchbox Case, Canadian Veteran Retrieval Auction decorated in large swirls on(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