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Three matchbox covers with match boxes and matchesPhotograph unavailable
Museum collection

Three matchbox covers with match boxes and matches

Collection reference
GLRRM : 04663
Object type
miscellaneous

Three matchbox covers with match boxes and matches. 1. Brass cover etched with '14-17' on end, 'Souvenir Ypres' on the front with crown and shield, with full box of Scottish Bluebell Matches. 2. German brass cover with black lacquer with etched 'Church Ulm Germany' on front with empty box of England's Glory matches. 3. Copper plate cover with Gloucestershire Regiment front badge and empty box of Three Pipes Safety Matches. Property of 38218 Private Moses Enderby. 2/5th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. c. 1914-1918.