Original Imperial German WWI Silver Machine Gunner Matchbox Case with Full Period Matchbox - Roland Hӧlzer Category_Snider Rifle Accessories The bottom of the tunic

The bottom of the tunic is fastened by a belt type closure

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We assume that the person doing the translation was not able to read the tan correctly

The cap bears a lovely cap tally reading USS ARKANSAS

William Anderson Thornton

Original Imperial German WWI Silver Machine Gunner Matchbox Case with Full Period Matchbox - Roland Hӧlzer Category_Snider Rifle Accessories The bottom of the tunicOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely piece of soldier kit from WWI, a matchbox case which appears to be made entirely of silver, with one side depicting a scene of several German soldiers mounting an MG08 machine gun in a forest with a biplane in the air overhead. There is a small oval for the soldiers initials, which we can faintly read as R. K. K.. The case measures 1 x x 2, and comes with an original period matchbox which is still