A First War Aef French Theatre Battles Matchbox Cover 1918 Hold with Recon Waffenfarbe in the

with Recon Waffenfarbe in the center

The order was created in 1874 became a French Colonial order in 1896

version issued circa 1925

The Army later informed his mother that his "remains have been carefully exhumed from the original place of interment and reverently reburied in Grave 1

Cross measures 36 x 36mm

A First War Aef French Theatre Battles Matchbox Cover 1918 Hold with Recon Waffenfarbe in theTwo 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